<div dir="ltr">I understand the concern, Alex. I am committed and interested in continuing to serve, even if I have only participated 4 times this year. <div><br></div><div>When I agree to join the board again, the schedule had been established, so it took couple of months for the schedule to adjust. That said, we should look at alternative dates, given the members of the board. As much as I plan in advance, I could be on a plane, plane may be delay, etc. </div><div><br></div><div>Happy to have a conversation.</div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div><br>Claudia </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 6:46 PM Samson Goddy <<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@gmail.com">samsongoddy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hello Alex<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I prefectly understand your concerns. I am very worried about the goals for 2018. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But maybe you didn't see the part that we are having an election this December.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2018-2020-candidates" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2018-2020-candidates</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I encourage candidate that want to move the organization forward to apply. It involves a lot of commitment and also response to monthly meeting.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I remember saying Thank You to you when you created the wiki.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Ignacio, though your seat isn't up for election yet. But we will replace you, as you requested based on the rank of the candidates after the election. As the election committee did for Claudia as she replace Laura. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am still pretty excited about the goals and how to implement it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 12:31 AM Ignacio Rodríguez <<a href="mailto:nachoel01@gmail.com" target="_blank">nachoel01@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">TBH. I honestly thought I wasn't a SLOB member anymore :)<div>I'm in for leaving my seat to another one.</div><div><br></div><div>I've got too much work and I can no longer contribute to anything like I used when I didn't had responsibilities </div><div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 15, 2018, 7:43 PM Alex Perez <<a href="mailto:aperez@alexperez.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">aperez@alexperez.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I hereby assert that the Sugar Labs Oversight Board has become stagnant to the point of near-100% ineffectiveness. It no longer serves the intended purpose, and the quality of discourse at the SLOB meetings themselves has diminished to near-zero.<br> <br> Back in June/July of 2018, I created <a class="m_-4151577720333902353m_2840755556344153445m_7957773264133516911moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Goals/2018_Submissions" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Goals/2018_Submissions</a> from the user submissions Sameer had collected into a spreadsheet, and shared them to the IAEP mailing list on July 8th. Not a single person responded, not even to say a simple "thanks". I would now like to point out the following bad behavior, and suggest that the current status quo for Sugar Labs oversight is actively detrimental to the health of the overall organization.<br> <br> 2018 SLOB meeting attendees by month:<br> <br> January: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">walterbender, samsongoddy, CanoeBerry, sverma</span><br> February: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">walterbender, samsongoddy, CanoeBerry, sverma, llaske<br> March: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">walterbender, samsongoddy, Claudia, sverma, llaske<br> April: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">walterbender, samsongoddy, llaske<br> May: walterbender (!!!)<br> June: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">walterbender, samsongoddy, Claudia, llaske</span><br> July: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">walterbender, samsongoddy, CanoeBerry, Claudia, sverma</span><br> August: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">walterbender, samsongoody, sverma, llaske</span><br> September: walterbender, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">samsongoddy</span>, llaske<br> October: walterbender, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">samsongoddy<br> November: walterbender, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">samsongoddy, Claudia</span><br> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none"><br> <br> </span>For the SLOB members who cannot be bothered to regularly attend the meetings, please review the last few chat logs at:<br> <br> September - <a class="m_-4151577720333902353m_2840755556344153445m_7957773264133516911moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2010/Meeting-log-2018-09-07" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2010/Meeting-log-2018-09-07</a><br> October - <a class="m_-4151577720333902353m_2840755556344153445m_7957773264133516911moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2010/Meeting-log-2018-10-05" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2010/Meeting-log-2018-10-05</a><br> November - <a class="m_-4151577720333902353m_2840755556344153445m_7957773264133516911moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2018/meeting-log-2018-11-03" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2018/meeting-log-2018-11-03</a><br> <br> <br> So, to recap, for the year so far:<br> <br> Walter has attended 11/11 meetings<br> Lionel has attended 5/11 meetings<br> Sameer has attended 3/11 meetings<br> Adam has attended 3/11 meetings<br> Samson has attended 10/11 meetings<br> Ignacio has attended zero meetings<br> Claudia has attended 3/11 meetings<br> <br> </div> _______________________________________________<br> SLOBs mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:SLOBs@lists.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">SLOBs@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs</a><br> </blockquote></div></div></div> _______________________________________________<br> SLOBs mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:SLOBs@lists.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">SLOBs@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs</a><br> </blockquote></div> _______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a></blockquote></div>