On 5/6/21 7:25 PM, René Ferdinand Rivera Morell via Boost wrote:
A disclaimer: I write this solely as a Boost Library author. And not in any other capacity or representing any other interest.
It's now been at least a year since Boost switched from the Software Freedom Conservancy to the Boost Foundation for its governance organization. But have people noticed any difference? Did you know that switch happened? Did you know that they held an election for the Board of Directors and for the Officers? Do you know when that election happened? Do you know who got elected? Do you know how they were selected? Do you know what their responsibilities are? Do you know what their bylaws are? Do you know their financials?
More importantly: Did you answer "no" to any of those questions?
I did answer "no" to many of these questions, although I think Boost Foundation was announced at some point on this list. Or maybe mentioned in some discussion. I can't remember the details, it's just the name does ring a bell.
As a library author, I can say I definitely answered no to many of those questions. This is a problem. As authors, without asking, we should know those answers from the organization that governs our work. We should have input into how that organization governs. In other words, we deserve open and transparent governance; not the closed and opaque status quo.
I agree the process could be more open. I have to say, as a library author and maintainer, I don't see how I'm being governed by those bodies. I don't see them intervening in technical discussions and decisions, so when it comes for development, reviews, library acceptance/rejects and even the development policies Boost seems pretty much governed by developers themselves. Which, I think, is a good thing. I'm not involved in financial or legal side of things, and don't participate in GSOC and other side projects, where Boost Foundation probably has a more prominent and important role. I'm not very interested in those areas.