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On 2008.05.20 22:14, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> On 22:01 Tue 20 May , Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> > On 2008.05.20 21:31, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > > 2) Hold a 1-week vote asking all devs whether we should have |
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> > > elections; |
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> > A vote about a vote seems like wasting time if you don't get the |
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> answer |
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> > you want. |
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> Sure, it's a calculated risk. There's a reasonable chance it will go |
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> either way, if responses on -project are any indication of the entire |
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> dev pool. One way saves a lot of time now, the other way just means a |
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> week of waiting that would probably happen anyway in gearing up for |
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> an |
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> election. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Donnie |
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> gentoo-council@l.g.o mailing list |
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Donnie, |
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Such a vote would not extend the council term, whichever way it went. |
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With one outcome, you hold elections now, with the other, in six weeks. |
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Do it now, you can have a compressed election time frame. A month |
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works, |
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at least it did for the trustee election. You get returned for a new 12 |
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month term of office. If nobody stands against you there is no vote, |
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you |
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are returned unopposed. |
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Wait 6 weeks, then you are into the two month election process. |
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Provided the current council will all stand for re-election, I would go |
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for the renewed mandate now. It will avoid the two month protracted |
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election process. |
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If you go for the vote of confidence and win but only just, what sort |
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of message does that send ? |
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My concern is that there will be a low turnout because none of the devs |
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care very much for the politics of this situation. They are mostly |
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engineers not managers/politicians. The ones with strong feelings for |
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process over common sense will vote against, so a vote of no confidence |
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could be carried by apathy. That's the major risk I see. |
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I've probably said too much, so I'll stop. |
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Good luck, whatever you decide. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(NeddySeagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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treecleaners |
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trustees |
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