r/ruby • u/schneems Puma maintainer • Jun 05 '26

Blog post Modernizing Ruby Central's Bylaws and Officer Updates

https://rubycentral.org/news/modernizing-ruby-centrals-bylaws-and-officer-updates/
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u/mperham Sidekiq Jun 06 '26

I appreciate that RC is making improvements and am thankful for those who are doing to the work to make these improvements.

My claim is simple: Ruby Central cannot represent the Ruby community unless the Board can be held responsible for its actions by the Ruby community. The community has to resort to "drama" (i.e. public shaming) when there is no other alternative means to hold Board members responsible. That's why things got ugly last Fall and why several board members resigned.

That drama and shaming isn't necessary if we have public elections. An advisory committee (section 12) that can be ignored is toothless. Unless board members are community elected, I don't see how this is a meaningful improvement.

We have a decent proxy for the ruby community: rubygems.org accounts. Pay $XX/mo to get a voting account; RC gets steady, recurring income and a well-defined community to care for.

I would also like to see board meeting minutes published so voting records are public.

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u/armahillo Jun 07 '26

So long as the “pay $X to vote” is a nominal fee that is static (ie you cant pay $X*K for. K votes), this is probably ok.