[Foundation Board] Reaction to Citrix sponsorship

Monty Taylor mordred at inaugust.com
Wed Apr 22 20:53:23 UTC 2015


On 04/22/2015 04:33 PM, Van Lindberg wrote:
> 
> Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com<mailto:markmc at 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.

+1000

Not ok.




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