Disclosure: I work for Amazon, but this is my personal opinion. I am also an individual member of the OSI, though I am not currently active in that community.

I missed that you posted this, Kyle. I think that OSI is worse without your participation, and your criticisms hold a lot of weight for me. I hope that the new board, and all OSI members, will take what you wrote to heart, because stewardship does require caretaking, cultivation, and maintenance.

I would love to see more productive discussions than the "how many angels fit on the head of a pin" that we so often see on mailing lists, and I think you're right that the Open Source Definition may not capture what is needed to help those discussions be more productive.