[FSFLA] removing the "President" title in FSF sister organizations

[Kaio Duarte Costa]

Em 2022-02-24 17:12, Daniel Pocock escreveu:
> Hi all
> 
> When I was an FSFE member (I resigned), I would sometimes ask people if
> they wanted the FSFE President to come and speak at an event.
> 
> Whenever I used the phrase "FSFE President", without mentioning any
> names, people would ask me "are you talking about Richard Stallman?"
> 
> Quite simply, outside the elites of open source politics, most people
> don't understand the difference between FSF and FSFE and they only
> recognize the name of one person, Dr Stallman.
> 
> Out of respect for this phenomena I feel it would be good for all other
> FSFs, e.g. FSFELA and FSFE, to simply remove the title "President" from
> their board and use some alternative term.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daniel

Hey Daniel,

In FSFLA's constitution, there is no express determination, about the
existence of a "president" (or a presidential figure) on the board of
directors. (https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/about/constitution.pt.html)

Therefore, I understand that there is no need to use such a
nomenclature, since all members seem to have the same authority and
power within this board. However, I understand the need to end the
centralism in Richard Stallman's image within and outside the free
software community by showing more breadth and diversity about the
movement's leadership figures.

I believe, regardless of the name to be used, that centralism in a
single name can bring several disadvantages, and so it is always good to
clarify differences and positions when it is questioned.

-- 
Kaio Duarte Costa 

Trainee at the National Institute of Social Security of Brazil (INSS),
Director of Student Councils of the União Colegial de Minas Gerais
(UCMG), Member of the Social Council of the Fund for Maintenance and
Development of Basic Education (consFUNDEB-MG), Substitute Member of the
Permanent State Forum on Education of Minas Gerais (FEPEMG), Member of
the Committee of the National Association of Data Protection
Professionals (ANPPD), Affiliated to the Brazilian Computer Society
(SBC), Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC) and Free
Software Foundation (FSF).