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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-council@l.g.o, gentoo@××××××.us
Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] Re: Stepping back from council duties
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:36:14
Message-Id: b41005390811161236h74745420if02cab5cae578c19@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-council] Re: Stepping back from council duties by Ferris McCormick
1 On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:55:46 -0800
3 > Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On 13:04 Sun 16 Nov , Torsten Veller wrote:
6 >> > Or did you already remove rank 18?
7 >> >
8 >> > | * Whenever a member of the Council loses their position (the reason is
9 >> > | irrelevant; they could be booted for slacking or they resign or ...), then
10 >> > | the next person in line from the previous Council election is offered the
11 >> > | position. If they decline, it is offered to the next person in line, and so
12 >> > | forth. If they accept and the current Council unanimously accepts the new
13 >> > | person, they get the position with a 'reduced' term such that the yearly
14 >> > | elections still elect a full group. If the Council does not accept that
15 >> > | person, then a new election is held to choose a new member.
16 >> > <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20070208-summary.txt>
17 >> >
18 >> > So your options are:
19 >> > - Change the rules once again. Because you can.
20 >> > - Follow the rules.
21 >>
22 >> Try thinking about this from a different perspective: What is best for
23 >> Gentoo? If the rules are broken, they should get fixed instead of
24 >> blindly followed.
25 >>
26 >
27 > I agree with that. In this case, it seems to me that 7 council members
28 > is better for Gentoo than 6, and if the Council members do not
29 > unanimously accept anyone down the list, then just hold an election for
30 > the missing spot. I think the rules pretty much have it right here.
31 >
32 > I am neither agreeing nor disagreeing with your analysis, as that is a
33 > matter for the council members. I'm just saying that rather than hold
34 > the position open, just hold a brief election to fill it.
35
36 By its very definition our election process tends not to be brief. I
37 believe the best we have done in the past is 2 weeks of nominations
38 followed by 2 weeks of voting (previous council vote). Do you propose
39 something faster or will one month of 6 members be satisfactory?
40
41 -Alec
42
43 >
44 > To save some virtual trees, I'll respond to your other email about your
45 > and Ciaran's "nobody" proposal. Good idea, put me in the "support"
46 > column.
47 >
48 > Regards,
49 > Ferris
50 >> --
51 >> Thanks,
52 >> Donnie
53 >>
54 >> Donnie Berkholz
55 >> Developer, Gentoo Linux
56 >> Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com
57 >
58 >
59 > --
60 > Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
61 > Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
62 >

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