Support RMS (adjacent)

[Jim]

(Not including this in the existing thread because it's not really a 
response to anyone in particular.)


I just want to point out that additional changes are afoot in case you 
haven't noticed:


https://www.fsf.org/news/preliminary-board-statement-on-fsf-governance


https://www.fsf.org/news/update-on-work-to-improve-governance-at-the-fsf


It appears that the FSF is revamping how board members are selected, and 
this will include a mechanism for members to have a voice (a vote?), and 
also to give staff members a seat. Therefore: polish your arguments, 
because at some point we will have a discussion in some forum which will 
directly impact on the FSF's direction.


This addresses a lurking question:  how are board members determined 
anyway?  We wake up one morning and RMS is out.  Hm? (Okay, technically 
he resigned, but really....)  Another morning we wake up and RMS is in.  
Hm?  How does this work anyway?


Another comment:  until his departure in 2019, RMS essentially embodied 
the FSF.  "Le FSF, c'est moi."  With transparent governance and 
accountable leaders, there would be a place for RMS at the FSF without 
returning to that situation. For full disclosure, I'll state my opinion 
that RMS has given a lifetime of public-spirited and generous service, 
yet at this particular moment I think it would not advance the movement 
to have him as the public face and spokesperson for the FSF, or to be 
unaccountable within the organization.

-Jim Garrett