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<title>Mozilla Foundation has no members</title>
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<published>2024-06-25T15:07:25Z</published>
<updated>2024-06-25T15:07:25Z</updated>
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	Once again I was wondering why Mozilla was so out of touch with it's community.
	And after looking around well of course it is:
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Retranscribed from <a href="https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-bylaws.pdf">Bylaws of Mozilla Foundation</a> (found at <a href="https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/who-we-are/public-records/">Mozilla Foundation - Public Records</a>):
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	<h2>ARTICLE II</h2>
	<h3>MEMBERS</h3>
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		<strong>Section 2.1	Members.</strong>
		This Foundation shall have no members.
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	<h2>ARTICLE III</h2>
	<h3>BOARD OF DIRECTORS</h3>
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		<strong>Section 3.1	Powers.</strong>
		Subject to the provisions of law, the activities and affairs of the
		Foundation shall be conducted and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the
		direction of the Board of Directors. […]
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	That explains so much.
	Mozilla Foundation isn't community-based, it's just executives.
	Not even regular contributors / committers have any voice over the Mozilla Foundation decisions.
	Which also means that the Mozilla Foundation board isn't elected, there's no members after all.
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	Yuck.
	At least there is other organisations and communities when it comes to internet activism.
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	By the way this ended up being an article rather than a bookmark as the Bylaws of Mozilla Foundation is a scan, so not actual text, and I'd rather have at least a part of this document be accessible.
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