[Board] resignation

[Fenoy Gerald]

Hello Bart,
I have to admit that I would like to start this email by « always nice to hear from you » as it is so often, but regarding the email you sent I have to admit how sad I am because of this.

Despite all the respect I have about your decision, I would like to mention that I am personally « -1 » for your proposal to resign from the board.

I don’t want to say only this, sorry for being in verbose mode so often.

I would like to add an argument to explain a bit why I cannot accept your resignation proposal.

Anybody from the board should be shocked by your statement and we should treat this with good care: « an organisation where things / issues cannot be put on the table publicly and get discussed ». If this is true then we failed completely.

On the other hand, if you feel we, as a board, really failed or are falling in the whole process trying to make the foundation moving on then I can understand your decision. But I don’t feel it is really like this. We need to have different point of view at the board level as we have in our community. Discussions have to occur and to give the power to the board to take the right decision people with different ways of thinking have to discuss with each other. They have to try to find the better way for the community not for any other kind of interest. It is not because something is the idea of somebody else that it is wrong or the contrary. Who cares ? We don’t … We need to be constructive.

You are constructive and that is why I would like to ask you, without any pressure but more with support, to stay on the board.

Best regards,

Le 15 sept. 2014 à 20:35, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl> a écrit :

> Hello board,
> 
> I’m resigning from the board of directors, mostly because, if I’m honest with myself, this has been mostly a frustrating experience for me, sadly.
> 
> I cannot function in an organisation where things / issues cannot be put on the table publicly and get discussed.
> 
> I’d rather see someone else take up the spot.
> 
> I wish you all the best.
> 
> Best regards,
> Bart
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Gérald Fenoy
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