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Sender	Message	Time
28 Apr 2024
	I use NixOS btw joined the room.	17:21:41
nat-418	I have been reading the by-laws of Stichting NixOS Foundation, and although I am not a lawyer, it appears to me the board of the foundation is hermetically sealed off from outside influence: board members are self-selecting, serve for an indefinite amount of time, and answer to none but themselves. This seems less conducive to building a healthy community than, for example, the "loi 1901" association for Guix which establishes the democratic election of board members every year, as well as mechanisms for open and collective decision making of a general agenda: https://foundation.guix.info/statutes/statuts-201602-en.pdf If I have misunderstood the by-laws, I welcome correction.	20:53:44
@joepie91:pixie.town	this is fairly common for foundations in NL, for what it's worth, and not necessarily an unreasonable model when the effective governance scope is limited	20:55:56
@joepie91:pixie.town	though depending on the specific circumstances, it can be less than ideal	20:56:26
vcunat	Democratic election? The community doesn't even have membership yet.	20:57:39
vcunat	* Democratic election? The NixOS community doesn't even have membership yet.	20:57:52
nat-418	In reply to @vcunat:matrix.org Democratic election? The NixOS community doesn't even have membership yet. Loi 1901 associations establish membership processes, &c. as linked above.	20:58:14
vcunat	I'm not saying that it's impossible.	20:58:30