Louis — No Acting Role for Next Couple Years

Situation

Decided Louis cannot have any acting role in RESF for the next couple of years. Technical contributions may be allowed later by whoever runs RESF. Priority is not muddying the transition message.

Reasoning

Louis's technical contributions (RISC-V) are real, but allowing any role undermines the narrative of a clean break. Messaging around the RESF transition must be unambiguous. Willing to sacrifice potential technical contributions for message clarity. Defers the nuanced contribution question to whoever has day-to-day RESF context in a month.

Additional Context

Greg raised whether Louis could continue contributing given his RISC-V work. Peter drew a hard line on roles while leaving future contribution decisions to RESF leadership.

Observed Evidence

Direct quotes from Peter in #distinguished-leaders: 'he can't have any acting role in anything. Not for the next couple of years' and 'Otherwise you REALLY muddy the message' and 'I'd leave that to Chris, or whoever is running things there in a month.'

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