[maemo-community] Open Letter from the Hildon Foundation Board to the Maemo Community

[From: Piotr Jawidzyk]

2012/11/8, Community Council: Ivan Galvez Junquera <council at maemo.org>:
> By Tim Samoff, chairman of the Hildon Foundation Board.

> Because of this, it is the current Board's opinion that the relational
> dynamic between the community, the Council, and the Board should remain
> very similar to how they existed between the community, the Council, and
> Nokia in past years. And, because of this, it is the Boards opinion
> that the community should continue to communicate directly with the
> Council, and not necessarily with the Board. (Hence, discussion forums
> such as "Ask the Board" are quite inappropriate for these purposes as
> they never existed between the community and Nokia.)

Thank you for your letter, Tim.

Is there any particular rationale (other than historical comparison to
Nokia->Council->community), for avoiding direct communication between
Board and Community, and using Council as a proxy between those two?

I'm quite concerned, as it seems that view on effectiveness of
Council<->Nokia cooperation wasn't always positive (or, more
precisely, was *rarely* seen as acting as it should).

Cheers,
/Estel