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27 Apr 2024
@joepie91:pixie.town@joepie91:pixie.town(in an ideal world, an official conference sponsor would be a community-wide discussion, but when you do not have functioning moderation - which again seems to boil down to a lack of mandate - that becomes almost impossible to pull off)13:17:13
@theophane:hufschmitt.net@theophane:hufschmitt.net
In reply to @joepie91:pixie.town
the sponsorship situation is an exceptional one, because it concerns "using the reputation of the project as a whole for something" (namely, endorsement of the sponsor) and this means that making that decision is not within the mandate of a conference team to begin with
That's completely fair. I was just pointing out that the tendency is definitely that of under-intervention, not over-
13:18:00
@arianvp:matrix.orgArianOkay but shat I don't understand. Isn't "the board will not have an opinion" a first step to "the community decides" ? 13:18:13
@withoutwithin:matrix.org@withoutwithin:matrix.orgI have had many thoughts about this and everything related over the last month. I've written up a post that I feel summarizes my emotions, feelings, and has my official response to this situation. I wish you all luck in your future endeavors. Please take the time to read my post before you ask me questions that can be answered by reading the post carefully. https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/much-ado-about-nothing/13:18:59

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