Michael Meeks, a long-time LibreOffice contributor and Collabora employee, shares his personal perspective on the controversy surrounding The Document Foundation (TDF) board ejecting core developers. He argues the Membership Committee's decision to disenfranchise top contributors — many from Collabora, who account for the majority of all-time commits — amounts to electoral gerrymandering to avoid accountability at the next election. He presents commit data showing Collabora developers dominate LibreOffice's contribution history, questions the governance practices of the current TDF board majority, and criticizes the lack of any thanks or apology to ejected long-term contributors. He announces a refocus on Collabora Office development and invites new contributors to join.

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Trends in TDF board membershipMeritocracy - do-ers decideWhy remove individuals ?Some thank yousWhere we are now

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