<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> </head> <body> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"></style> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"> <p>In the interest of openness and clarity, I am forwarding this conversation to the rest of the SugarLabs Oversight Board and some of the previous board members. I do not feel that this is something that should be hidden from them.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Caryl<br> </p> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Laura Vargas <laura@somosazucar.org><br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 29, 2017 12:27:29 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Caryl Bigenho<br> <b>Cc:</b> James Cameron; Walter Bender; Gonzalo Odiard; iaep; Samuel Cantero; Karen Sandler; Tony Sebro<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Member's List June 2017: 140 verified members</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div dir="ltr"><br> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <div class="gmail_quote">2017-08-29 14:06 GMT-05:00 Caryl Bigenho <span dir="ltr"> <<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com" target="_blank">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>></span>:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div id="m_5681061932274970808gmail-m_-5097347749759854206x_divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <p>And, exactly why were there only 3 candidates for 3 slots? <br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Because the committee did not actively recruit other candidates to give us a real election! The year before we worked very hard to get a larger number of candidates than there were offices (all 7 slots were open). We did this by mass emailings and by individually contacting people and encouraging them to run. We ended up with 10 or 11 candidates. <br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>As I said before, last year's election was a sham.<br> </p> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div>Caryl<br> <br> </div> <div>We are all volunteers here! <br> </div> <div> <div><br> Ignacio, Samson and I were <a href="http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-01-06T19:07:40" target="_blank"> properly appointed and the process was approved and over sighted by the board</a>. <br> <br> </div> <div>Dave Crossland kindly acted as an impartial party as well.<br> <br> <br> </div> I'm copying Conservancy's Staff as your accusations are beyond a "learning experience" and <b>I feel <span id="m_5681061932274970808gmail-result_box" class="m_5681061932274970808gmail-short_text" lang="en"> <span class="m_5681061932274970808gmail-">harassed<span></span></span></span> by you</b>.<br> <br> <br> </div> </div> -- <br> <div class="m_5681061932274970808gmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div>Laura V.<br> <font color="#ff00ff"><b>I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org</b></font></div> <div> <div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><br> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” </span></font></div> <div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif">~ L. Victoria</span></font><br> <br> </div> <div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">Happy Learning!<br> #LearningByDoing</div> <div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">#Projects4good</div> <div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">#IDesignATSugarLabs<br> </div> <div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">#WeCanDoBetter</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>