Dear colleagues and friends in the Board,
Dear Membership Committee, Dear Community,
I think we now have a stable version of the document and I would like to submit the Community Bylaws to a vote.
This proposal is not only mine, it’s a joint proposal from Paolo Vecchi and me, based on the many feedback and contributions from the Board, the MC and the community.
The Community Bylaws were not only a statutory necessity, but it is an important tool for our governance as well as a guide for our community. We have to address the issues from the past which have impacted us for more than half a decade and will keep us involved for many more months if not for years in the future. Those issues have repercussions both at a social level for our Community and at a legal level for our foundation. That’s why I’m together proud and happy that we finally put this tool in place.
We needed to urgently show a change of behavior in the management of the foundation and we are doing it! The Community Bylaws are the result of what we have learned from the past, what we have had to go through and how we have grown ourselves. It stands in line with our new, codified Fiduciary Duties and the Code of Ethics Code of Ethics and Fiduciary Duties for TDF's Board of Directors - TDF Community Blog, as well as the version 2 of our Conflict of Interest Policy Updated Conflict of Interest Policy for TDF's Board of Directors - TDF Community Blog
Here, I would like to thank in particular Paolo. He initiated this process and contributed to the improved governance rules at a large extent, but he has also tirelessly advocating and fighting for their implementation for many years, also during several hard times and for which he was unduly treated.
So a big thank you
thank you also to all of you who participated to build this big achievement for our foundation!
This is a first version. With it in place and together with the community, we will improve it over time from what we learned from this first implementation. Some may find those rules are strict, but remember that it reflects the seriousness of the situation TDF has been put in and what we have to put in place against abuse and self-driven behavior.
Therefore, I propose the following vote:
TDF to adopt the Community Bylaws from CommunityBylaws-V1.odt - The Document Foundation Nextcloud and put them into effect, as per § 10 III of our statutes.
The vote runs 72h from now.