Re: Choosing lead roles and direction by the community

2014-04-03 Thread jsabash
On 4/3/2014 4:44 PM, Kyle Huey wrote: On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote: I've wanted to post this proposal since a long time, but given that Mozilla now needs to decide about both a CTO and CEO, I think this is a good time: I've always seen Mozilla as a project, not a company.

Re: What happened to the 1st Amendment???

2014-04-13 Thread jsabash
On 4/13/2014 12:38 PM, Michael Connor wrote: I’d have been surprised if no one on the board raised the possibility at that point. In a crisis, it’s important to put all of the options on the table and understand the tradeoffs. As unpalatable as the idea would have seemed to many at the time,

Re: treatment of Brendan Eich

2014-04-13 Thread jsabash
On 4/13/2014 6:52 PM, Nicholas Nethercote wrote: On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 2:22 PM, John Boley wrote: If you need to be a homosexual to use Moxilla products, I do not - and certainly do not wishto- qualify. You do not need to be a homosexual to use Mozilla products. In fact, I have several fri

Re: treatment of Brendan Eich

2014-04-13 Thread jsabash
On 4/13/2014 9:23 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote: You, sir, are relying on your preconceived biases to read things into what Nick wrote that are simply not there. On the contrary Boris, I'm a realist, and tend to think that folks mean what they say. I can't know other than what they say. -- *JoeS* __

Re: treatment of Brendan Eich

2014-04-13 Thread jsabash
On 4/13/2014 9:26 PM, Kyle Huey wrote: I believe Nicholas's reply is intended to be read with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek. A smiley would have helped there. Yeah, I can understand that, but given the climate... -- *JoeS* ___ governance mail

Re: Engaging the public

2014-04-15 Thread jsabash
On 4/15/2014 6:05 PM, Majken Connor wrote: 1. Is easy for the public to use Governance seemed very easy to use for a lot of folks. I understand that it expanded it's original purpose. But Mozilla is open right. 2. Allows existing communication channels to maintain their current function (having