Nobody expects the board of directors to influence the technical work being done. The skepticism is about decisions that have political consequences. This [1]

Nobody expects the board of directors to influence the technical work being done. The skepticism is about decisions that have political consequences. This [1] was from the keynote of the latest RustConf. While there's surely plenty of good the Rust project will manage to do regardless of these decisions, I can't help but think there's a small disconnect between "owning" the political role of Rust, and then surrendering half the board to the usual suspects. [1] https://youtu.be/IwPRu5FhfIQ?t=1659 https://youtu.be/IwPRu5FhfIQ?t=1659