[haiku-development] Re: Haiku Inc. powers (was [VOTE] Haiku flier funding)
- From: "Jorge G. Mare" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:41:28 -0800
Hi Axel,
Moved this to a more appropriate thread.
Axel Dörfler wrote:
As Urias pointed out, Haiku Inc. always had complete control over its
very own funds.
That might have always been the de facto situation, but it was never
explicitly stated anywhere before.
If that is the case, then that means that I am not supposed to initiate
a vote such as the one I started today.
Every one is allowed to give input.
Funny you say that, because it is not possible to influence or provide
input into something that is being discussed in a closed mailing list.
Haiku Inc. just consists of a few
contributors that are willing to do the job, nothing more, nothing
less. They take care of a particular area within the Haiku project,
much like everyone else does.
That is not true. Haiku Inc.'s operates in a closed mailing list with
participation of non-BOD members as well, all of whom have been more or
less handpicked in a "boys' club" fashion. There are people outside of
this list that do as much or maybe even more than these non-BOD members,
but they are not given the opportunity to participate in the closed
Haiku Inc. discussions and thus cannot influence them. So it is not as
simple and/or straightforward as you paint it.
This is the same "boys' club" mentality that the original admin group
had. In fact, if you look at what Haiku Inc. is now and how it operates,
it is more or less as if the once supposedly dissolved admin group had
just regrouped itself behind the smoke screen of the non-profit. About
the same people and same modus operandi, just in a different place and
under a different name.
If you don't trust them for whatever reason, that's entirely your
problem.
It is not about trust; it is about the hypocrisy claiming to strive for
as much transparency and openness as possible when that is obviously not
the case, and the constant contradictions of Haiku Inc. one day saying
they don't have any authority and the next day claiming some
discretionary powers that seemed to have popped out of air.
You're free to help, like everyone else, and you even take
that opportunity from time to time.
In my experience, that's not true. You guys are always saying that you
need help and that anyone is welcome to give a hand. But in reality I
can point out multiple instances where I have (recently) offered to help
in very specific areas such as creating the missing financial reports,
administering emails, handling media related inquiries from the website,
etc., and in none of those cases -- NONE -- did any of the Haiku Inc.
folks accept my offer; I got either a "we can handle it" reply or no
response at all. I can also point to at least one instance of a
professional (a certified CPA specialized in non-profits) who offered
help to do the finances/taxes for Haiku Inc. but that was also not taken
advantage of.
To me, Haiku Inc. continues to be more of a bottleneck than an enabler
capable of empowering others.
Cheers,
Jorge/aka Koki
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