Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com<mailto:markmc@redhat.com>> wrote: If anyone in our community told a new sponsor to fuck off and used words like "lazy, gutless, and racist" to describe board members, I'd feel like we should address that head on. Much has been written about how dealing with poisonous people is an important test for any community. For a board member to be acting this way is completely unacceptable. While no doubt speaking in a personal capacity here, your behavior reflects badly on the gold members you represent, the board, the foundation, and the community generally. _______________ +1000. This sort of behavior is toxic and absolutely unacceptable under any circumstances. I don't care if you disagree with Citrix rejoining the foundation. Stated more generally, if a person is not following the Openstack code of conduct, including the parts that apply to online communication, that person should not be representing the community. - Van