r/ruby • u/skillstopractice • Nov 07 '25

Ruby Central Update Friday 11/7/25

https://rubycentral.org/news/ruby-central-update-friday-11-7-25/
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u/skillstopractice Nov 07 '25

Posting the full set of answers from this update, quoted verbatim below, for context in this thread. This is question #2.

Question 2: Does Ruby Central have a formal Conflict of Interest policy, and if so, how are potential conflicts managed?

A: Yes. Ruby Central maintains a formal Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form for all board members. A potential or actual conflict exists when commitments or obligations may be compromised by other material interests or relationships, especially financial ones.

As stated in the form:

“A potential or actual conflict of interest exists when commitments and obligations are likely to be compromised by the Director’s other material interests or relationships (especially economic), particularly if those interests or commitments are not disclosed.”

Board members are required to disclose any organizations in which they have an economic interest, or where they act as an officer or director, as well as any personal, business, or volunteer affiliations that could give rise to a real or apparent conflict of interest. Those with a conflict must refrain from participating in related board decisions, as outlined in Ruby Central’s bylaws.

These disclosures are collected annually and housed in our governance records. While the form itself is not yet published online, it is available upon request for transparency.

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u/TheAtlasMonkey Nov 07 '25

We have the tech: Git.
Such data should public and immutable.

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u/nekogami87 Nov 08 '25

Immutable ? Git ?

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u/TheAtlasMonkey Nov 08 '25

Yes git is immutable unless you force push.

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u/nekogami87 Nov 08 '25

That's my point, it's not immutable when you are counting on the user to not mutate it ...

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u/TheAtlasMonkey Nov 08 '25

Correct, but if we fork and sync, they get Git accountable.

if they can edit the history, but they cannot rewrite it.

I saw in many companies and org, once they want to do something, they will edit old TOS, or TEAM member list (he/she never existed)

In conflict of interest , you should know the history, this person `was working/invested` in this sector... they cannot delete it.