The corporate hierarchical malarkey that gave Novotny the wherewithal and motivation to do this should be ripped out root and branch, as well as whatever specific job role that currently defines the executive directorship.
I'm not saying Novotny should be fired, simply that the Foundation has demonstrated a corporate behavior fundamentally at odds with its supposed reason for existence.
Respect for community and contributors was obviously not encoded into the design of the organization. That a board exists to rectify, rationalize, or abet mistakes isn't enough. They have to fix the root of the problem, which is that Novotny was able to do this at all. They need to make an explicit and ironclad promise to developers.
They allowed institutional structure to oppose their mission. That won't change with mere words and staffing shuffles.
I’m a bit alarmed by the many issues here. I’ve heard a lot from the maintainers but much from the foundation.
- continued lack of communication
- for so many issues to occur to multiple parties paints a picture of it being routine
- that no immediate reversals have happened with utmost immediacy
- the ethos of the maturity model
- the policies apparently being enforced - even now…
- for calls to solve things privately
It’s culturally indicative of the foundation’s values whether they know it or not.
A healthy community is one where discussions happen in the open, good and bad.
This is not good, and I’d recommend the community coming together and maybe finding or forming an alternative - which is difficult I know.
Yeah, the (continued) lack of communication is not great. But the timing is admittedly pretty poor for the .NET Foundation as well. They just brought on new board members this week. So delays are kinda' expected... but I would have communicated differently.
I'm not saying Novotny should be fired, simply that the Foundation has demonstrated a corporate behavior fundamentally at odds with its supposed reason for existence.
Respect for community and contributors was obviously not encoded into the design of the organization. That a board exists to rectify, rationalize, or abet mistakes isn't enough. They have to fix the root of the problem, which is that Novotny was able to do this at all. They need to make an explicit and ironclad promise to developers.
They allowed institutional structure to oppose their mission. That won't change with mere words and staffing shuffles.