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Sonny Piers was removed from the GNOME Foundation board

The GNOME Foundation Board voted to remove Sonny Piers as a member of the Board of Directors for cause, at a Special Meeting on May 17th, 2024, following the procedure outlined in the GNOME Bylaws, and remove him from all committees. Effective May 25th, 2024, his seat is now vacant, and in accordance with the Bylaws will be filled for the remainder of its term by an appointment made by the Board. A Code of Conduct complaint was also made against Sonny Piers. The Foundation is engaged in a media...

I’m not happy with the lack of communication and transparency from the Board to the wider community, as well as the poor execution for creating an account and posting something completely vague and uninformative. Even if I pretend that Sonny Piers was at fault, the Board is also far from innocent here due to the lack of transparency and clarity, and ‘suddenly’ deciding to create a new account to post this. All things considered, I sincerely hope that the Board will be more transparent with everyone in future conflicts, and be more careful with communication, because I don’t think I will be able handle this kind of treatment much longer.

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