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<![endif]--> <table class="container" lang="container" dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" style="width:100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="message-wrapper" style="color:#222;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <!--[if mso]><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="top" style="border-collapse:separate;"><tr><td valign="top"><![endif]--> <div>Dear Grant and Jack,</div><div><br></div><div>Apologies if i came off rather brashly for my part… Grant, i understand where you are coming from… i know it was from a nice place of goodwill and wanting progress (albeit i suspect some would have chosen different words), and as Jack mentioned, perhaps it was me that missed the memo on encouraging people to not having to always propose solutions when they highlight issues; so that all the issues could come to light easier. </div><div><br></div><div>I have been naught by a bystander and wellwisher…. i hope i can do more in the coming time; but i know myself, i hardly have a right to speak to loud as i'm not in a position to commit too much time (given the priority of family and then at least having to work a a couple of days a week to ensure the bills get paid)… having said that, i know the OSIA membership has amazing talent, goodwill and that's goodwill not just for FOSS, but that expands into goodwill for everything as FOSS is itself based on that principle. </div><div><br></div><div>Whatever i can do to help, i will… and Grant and Jack, please do accept my apology if my email was rather brash. </div><div><br></div><div>simran.</div><img align="left" width="0" height="0" style="border:0;width:0px;height:0px" src="https://track.mixmax.com/api/track/v2/LdTEEs96OgUPccJKx/Iycn5ibkBkbhJXbpNnI/ISdh5SbvNmLhl2cv5yc0NXasB0cyVmYtVWbtEWaz9mI/?sc=false" alt=""> <!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--> </td> </tr> </table> <div> <div> <p data-m-apply-default-font="true"><br></p> <div class="gmail_extra"> <p data-m-apply-default-font="true"><br></p> <div class="gmail_quote"> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 7:13 PM, Jack Burton <span dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:jack@saosce.com.au" target="_blank">jack@saosce.com.au</a></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <u></u> <p>On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 02:05 +0000, simran wrote: </p><p>> Hi Grant,</p><p>> Although i have no doubt you meant the email as a productive source of</p><p>> information; it comes across as nothing but arrogant!</p><p>> How are "we" who haven't contributed to the organisation, but just been</p><p>> recipients of the benefits (invisible and visible; direct and indirect)</p><p>> qualified in any way to proclaim from our high horses what the boards should and</p><p>> shouldn't do…</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks for your support of OSIA, Simran -- and under normal</p><p>circumstances I might be inclined to agree with you.</p><p><br></p><p>But right now the interim board is actively *encouraging* members to</p><p>speak up with their views (no matter how critical) on what OSIA *should*</p><p>be doing in the near future.</p><p><br></p><p>This we're doing for at least three reasons:</p><p><br></p><p>1. There's a clear & pressing need for transformational change. If that</p><p>were not the case, we would never have ended up needing an interim</p><p>board in the first place. Which direction that change should be in is</p><p>an open question. My personal view is that a return to the strategic</p><p>focus that proved successful in 2015/16 is desirable, coupled with</p><p>embracing open source methods for management (cf. governance) of the</p><p>company. Grant's view is that a return to the great breadth of</p><p>activities seen at OSIA about a decade ago (and it seems even further</p><p>beyond that) is desirable. Other members may well see different paths</p><p>again. All those voices need to be heard.</p><p><br></p><p>2. Ron & I both intend to step down on 27 Jan. So right now (with the</p><p>exception of Alexar) there is really no distinction between "the</p><p>members" and "the new (post January) board".</p><p><br></p><p>3. The call for expressions of interest in serving on the new (post</p><p>January) board is open. Although ultimately the new board will set</p><p>OSIA's strategy, one would expect that they'll do so in line with the</p><p>will of the members. So knowing what the general consensus (if any)</p><p>among the membership is about OSIA's future direction might help some</p><p>members decide whether or not to lodge EoIs.</p><p><br></p><p>So (and I hope I don't end up kicking myself for saying this)...</p><p><br></p><p>I'd urge everyone on this list to participate in these discussions and</p><p>to feel free to be as forthright as you want in doing so, no matter</p><p>what your view may be (so long as the arguments you're raising are</p><p>directly on-topic of course).</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>