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Board of Directors Election Results - 2025
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KD04-C: Process for Community Removal of Governance Position Member
The removal of a member from the Board of Directors can be completed via the following two methods:
Board of Directors Initiated
A member of the Board of Directors may propose the removal of a Director, DEIA Director, or President at a Board of Directors meeting.
A different member of the Board of Directors must second the proposal.
The Board of Directors will vote on the proposal, requiring a Voting Supermajority to pass.
If the proposal passes, the Director, DEIA Director, or President will be immediately removed from their position.
Community Initiated
A Member of the Coin Return Society may post a petition to solicit approvals.
If the petition receives enough approvals to meet the Quorum Threshold (20% of active daily users) within a two-week period, the Board of Directors is required to review the petition.
Upon reviewing the petition, the Board of Directors may follow the process in (1) above.
The removal of an Executive Officer from their position can only be completed by the Board of Directors in process (1) above.
If a member of the Board of Directors has committed misconduct pursuant to KD09, the voting threshold for removal is lowered to a Voting Majority.
Well we all voted overwhelmingly yes on rules specifically crafted to prevent the things he did with that access because we recognized they were abuses of power that should not be possible in our system. There are very few of us here who can point to a rule that exists because we fucked up personally.
You have to understand that, if an admin had also applied for the board after collaborating with jeffe to intentionally deceive the community, he would have been similarly criticized.
Lot of people voted for Bill Clinton and he was an abuser too.
You're one of the people who abetted the behaviour.
Just to weigh in here, Hahns is absolutely correct here. Your feelings on these results are valid and extremely fair, and communicating that is understandable. But please, don't resort to personal attacks; we're all better than that.
That he has seemingly no intention to hold himself accountable is very disappointing.
I see a bunch of folk who are going to put in the best effort to serve this community and look forward to their choices for DEIA / President and then moderation staff as we move forward on CoRe.
It's been a hell of a few weeks and I feel like this is the biggest step towards moving forward we've had in a while.
Jeffe, I barely knew about you before this election, but your actions in the past two weeks have shown you to be a person with an almost impossible level of self-importance. The fact that you consider your own position of power more important than the health of this community is nakedly clear. I hope the new forum survives you, because it's a good place and it deserves better.
You should resign immediately.
I've added this information to Minor's second post.
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Yes, per the doc the position can only be filled by a vote of the board during a meeting
The board could potentially solicit a second wider round of candidates now that it's clear it's not limited to just LGBTQ / BIPOC candidates as well?
Why do you think a non Quiltbag/BIPOC candidate is appropriate for a DEI position?
You're basically saying "Hey, why don't we get some cis white people here!". Which... I'm just going to stare at you, given the repeated discussions that have been had about this forum driving away minority posters.
So, again, why do you think we should have a non Quiltbag/bipoc candiate?
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jesus christ.
From KD6
I mean, given how that slogan was like the question that was asked the most after the whole Jeffe thing, it does seem pertinent.
The question was if the DEIA position should be exclusionary for people who have disabilities, of marginalized ethnicities that don't fall under the LGBTQ / BIPOC umbrella, or other marginalized people.
Which my understanding is the language was broadened to include other marginalized groups but only after the initial solicitation of applicants.
Moot point though, looks like since Ahava got on the board Gnizmo is DEIA board member by default once the board ratifies her position.
What slogan? Because I have no idea what you're saying here.
Also, being blunt: I'm disabled. I'm also queer. I'm white. I want a Quiltbag/BIPOC person in the diversity role. I do not believe someone who is not emmeshed in at least one of those commmunities can provide any useful perspective. Frankly, I'd much prefer we both have a QUILTBAG representative and a BIPOC representative, since a ton of nuance is lost if you're not in those communities, especially around microaggressions and other issues - I regret not voicing that idea earlier, but it only just came to me.
So. Again. Why is having someone who's not directly involved and part of those communities representing them on the board an idea that's suddenly being brought up? What value does this bring?
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Um, if the board that just got elected all of 15 minutes ago made that appointment I feel this is a bit inappropriate as there was as far as I can find no nomination or public comment period.
Was keeping this to myself till after the election stuff calmed down, but seeing as that is clearly not going to happen, and apparently the barely constituted board acted instantaneously on this.
Sorry, I don't believe someone who apparently has an active list of people they are trying to get banned as someone who should be on the board.
To the point that I'm not sure i want to continue sharing space with all the people who just showed their whole entire ass by voting for Jeffe
Might just see myself out
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legit the saddest post.
I do agree that it is weird to try to smoosh together GSM representation with racial or religious minorities, since TBH, some of the people who are outspoken about the former are also white as hell and have major blindspots about the later.
And also, I'd turn it around and ask you why you think only GSM and POC people are the only minorities that have issues that deserve to be covered?
That slogan has been extensively discussed, including that there's no good answers. Gniz has given some very thoughtful insights into it, and i support her take. If you're worried about Jewish representation, she's also Jewish to boot!
I don't. I would prioritize Quiltbag/BIPOC representation as this is where I've seen the most attacks and abuse on the forum - and I'm speaking from literally getting attacked over my disabilities on this forum before. But fuck, you wanna add more board members to cover disability, and other minorities you feel aren't being covered by BIPOC? Let's fucking go. Let's get a disability board member on there, i'll throw my own hat in the ring (Though I'd frankly prefer someone who has experience with being Deaf/blind/wheelchair bound, as my disabilities are relatively "Minor" relative to what some people go through - though by the same token, i have plenty of experience with what it's like to deal with people not respecting so-called invisible disabilities. Ultimately, mine do not impact my use of the forum, and id be concerned about that as a blindspot). If you feel there's other minorities we're not covering with a BIPOC person, bring them up, let's see what we can do to get them representation then!
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Yes I am actively trying to get someone banned. I don't deny this. This is widely known. We have someone who has stalked another member. I will always try to get that person banned. If you feel my hardline stance that stalking is bad is somehow inappropriate well I dunno what to tell you there. The mods can happily confirm this as can many others who have seen me state that is exactly what I meant. I will not discuss this further until action is taken.
I am a trans femme disabled gay ethnic Jew. I dunno what aspect people feel I am missing other than being white.
As for a second round I will say what I have been saying for a while. We have to actually do this thing. If I am bad at the job remove me. If I am not let's move on. We have to actually do the thing eventually.
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