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35	35	I'm running for an individual seat. The candidates are all great people and I wish we had room for them all on the board instead of just //two seats!// We //do //have room for everyone in OSI, so I hope they won't be dissuaded by a loss. So, this isn't about running //against //those people. Let's have a policy discussion.
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37		-**Duane O'Brien** thinks that //[[Corporate Sponsors should be Corporate //Donors//>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/OBrien2018]],// and puts up a good rationale. I agree. Unfortunately, Corporate Sponsors have been the death of some other Open Source organizations. Well, those organizations are still around, but they're as good as dead - more like zombies out to eat your brains than they are working for the good of Open Source.
	37	+**Duane O'Brien** thinks that //[[Corporate Sponsors should be Corporate //Donors//>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/OBrien2018]],// and puts up a good rationale. **Josh Simmons** [[talks about "corporate funded foundations that sometimes distort the true spirit of open source">>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Member+Elections/Simmons2018]]. I agree, and am glad that candidates, and OSI, are brave enough to engage the corporations //on our terms, not theirs//. Unfortunately, Corporate Sponsors have been the death of some other Open Source organizations. Well, those organizations are still around, but they're as good as dead - more like zombies out to eat your brains than they are working for the good of Open Source.
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39	39	**Molly de Blanc** (sitting board member, not a candidate this year) is [[looking for greater ethnic diversity>>url:https://opensource.org/node/919||rel="__blank"]]. I agree, and I am unfortunately another old white guy and can't help it. I can claim to be a religious minority in the U.S. (ethnically Jewish, Secular Humanist).
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