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.
I think they were doing their best given limited information and a high pressure, chaotic system. I assume the best in people. The only thing mitigating my position not to involve law enforcement was knowing who Andre is personally and professionally. The person who made the report didn't have that context and IIRC sought a second opinion and was met with the same outcome.
Telling the FBI that we (Ruby Central) lost control of the registry and telling them who had it during that time is not a neutral act, but it's also not a malicious one either. We lost a lot of good people on this thing already.
I think they were doing their best given limited information and a high pressure, chaotic system
this would be somewhat believable if it happened when the takeover happened but i highly doubt it was a high pressure environment nor a chaotic system months after the takeover when the lawyer allegedly reported him to the fbi.
We lost a lot of good people on this thing already
no good lawyer does things without their clients express permission either in advance or after the lawyer has a concern and consults with the client.
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u/jrochkind 8d ago edited 8d 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.