Gentoo Archives: gentoo-council

From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-council@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] The slacker mark
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:25:28
Message-Id: 1222460724.1456.0@spike
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-council] The slacker mark by Ned Ludd
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4 On 2008.09.26 20:57, Ned Ludd wrote:
5 >
6 > On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 15:26 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
7 [snip]
8 > >
9 > > just make the replacement strategies the same. replacement for a
10 > booted
11 > > slacker is the same for someone who resigns council/Gentoo or is
12 > kicked out.
13 > > elections take time and are a hassle. selecting from the original
14 > list is a
15 > > lot simpler.
16 > > -mike
17 >
18 >
19 > I strongly disagree with this method. People opt to not run for the
20 > council when they see what they expect to be a strong council. So if
21 > you
22 > see you have 8 pretty strong devs and 6 weak ones running. That's
23 > good
24 > enough sign to make you decline any nominations. As the people get
25 > sick
26 > etc this defaulting to the next inline can lead to results of the
27 > council which could completely and radically destroy Gentoo.
28 >
29
30 Solar++
31
32 Allow the remaining council members to recruit any dev for the role, if
33 the any dev agrees. Such recruits serve until the next election, when
34 they can stand on their merits.
35
36 It allows the council (if they wish) to appoint someone who complements
37 the remaining members. It takes a little longer than the
38 'inheirentence' method but I would expect it to produce a stronger
39 council.
40
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42 Regards,
43
44 Roy Bamford
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Re: [gentoo-council] The slacker mark Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>