An executive director, as a rule, doesn&#x27;t make choices, but carries the board&#x27;s choices out. Jeff Fortin Tam (the president of the board of directors of GNOME) has pretty much confirmed this: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;jeff.ecchi.ca&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;13&#x2F;outrageous-outreach&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;jeff.ecchi.ca&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;13&#x2F;outrageous-outreach&#x2F;</a><p>I&#x27;m not disputing GNOME had (has?) a problem - I&#x27;m not following anyway - or Garrett having an agenda (I mean come on, the LF never gave the community a voice, and the community never cared), but there seems to be no reason to accuse Sandler of mismanaging funds.