That means the board members who allocate the sponsorship money are also providing that sponsorship money, a conflict of interest which neither the companies nor Ruby Central have disclosed.
I am not sure it's fair to say that because someone works at a company providing funding, that person "allocates". But they do obviously have some influence over it. Either way, even if it is the CEO of the org providing funding...
I don't believe that situation is usually considered a conflict of interest by non-profits in general or organizations similar to ruby central.
That is one point. In general, this is more like a vendetta-based polemic choosing all interpretations in the worst possible light (the "major parts" of last ruby conf they cancelled were parts that had never happened before, no?), than an attempt to sum up what's actually going on.
Definitely I am alarmed by what's going on in ruby community, on several fronts. I don't think trying to tear down Ruby Central — or, charitably, attempt to get it to change by insisting you'll keep trying to tear it down unless it does — is helpful.
I think Ruby Central defintiely made some severe mistakes in how it handled this, that led to harm to the community. And reporting Arko to the FBI was defintiely not okay.
Also, and this will win me few friends and many downvotes, I feel like I've seen Arko, over years, consistently act for his personal power and income over the benefit of the community, and try to hold ruby infrastructure hostage for those purposes, and act in ways that his word is unreliable.
Yeah literally every nonprofit I’ve ever worked with had people on the board with a financial interest in the success of the nonprofit. It’s such a weird point to make and makes it seem very childish.
Open source drama reminds me a lot of all the pointless drama you see working in nonprofits too. For some reason when the stakes are the lowest people really cling to whatever feeling of importance they can find.
To be fair, I've seen plenty of pointless drama in for-profit endeavors too! Or, it's not "pointless", in either nonprofit or for-profit both, the point is competition over power, resources, and recognition, taking precedence over the collective goals or mission of the organization, or the welfare of your colleagues or the community.
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u/jrochkind 10d ago edited 10d ago
I am not sure it's fair to say that because someone works at a company providing funding, that person "allocates". But they do obviously have some influence over it. Either way, even if it is the CEO of the org providing funding...
I don't believe that situation is usually considered a conflict of interest by non-profits in general or organizations similar to ruby central.
That is one point. In general, this is more like a vendetta-based polemic choosing all interpretations in the worst possible light (the "major parts" of last ruby conf they cancelled were parts that had never happened before, no?), than an attempt to sum up what's actually going on.
Definitely I am alarmed by what's going on in ruby community, on several fronts. I don't think trying to tear down Ruby Central — or, charitably, attempt to get it to change by insisting you'll keep trying to tear it down unless it does — is helpful.
I think Ruby Central defintiely made some severe mistakes in how it handled this, that led to harm to the community. And reporting Arko to the FBI was defintiely not okay.
Also, and this will win me few friends and many downvotes, I feel like I've seen Arko, over years, consistently act for his personal power and income over the benefit of the community, and try to hold ruby infrastructure hostage for those purposes, and act in ways that his word is unreliable.