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Well said. 

On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:08 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry at openstack.org> wrote:

> Christopher B Ferris wrote:
>> Thierry Carrez wrote:
>> 
>>> So if we followed your suggestion, I think we'd actually end up with
>>> something worse: one-third of the board composed of individuals not
>>> that
>>> much involved with OpenStack, representing companies that could not
>>> pay-to-play, rather than the best possible people to represent the
>>> individual membership.
>> 
>> This sentiment seems to be underlying this whole debate, and I think it
>> is unfortunate that it is so prevalent
>> within the community. It implies that those not working for a sponsoring
>> company are not as invested, 
>> not as involved, and possibly under-qualified to represent the
>> community's interests on the board.
>> 
>> I realize that is probably not what Thierry meant to say; but that is
>> how it comes across.
> 
> Right, my point is that who happens to be your employer shouldn't matter
> at all. Individual members should elect the best amongst all of them to
> represent them. They should not elect the best from an artificial subset
> of them, based on who happens to write the paychecks for them at the
> moment. It's not a question of under-qualification or over-qualification.
> 
> Like Soren or Monty, I feel like a very independent voice, with the
> OpenStack project best interests in mind. I take offense at the
> suggestion that I should be removed from the election because I happen
> to be a Rackspace contractor at the moment.
> 
> So I think we should let the individual membership select who are the
> best people to represent them, without artificially limiting their
> choice. Since we don't live in a perfect world, it's good to have some
> safeguards in place to prevent abuse by a single company: letting them
> have at most 2 members out of a total of 24 board members sounds more
> than enough to me.
> 
> -- 
> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
> Release Manager, OpenStack
> 
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