* Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>:
> On 13:04 Sun 16 Nov     , Torsten Veller wrote:
> > | * Whenever a member of the Council loses their position (the reason is
> > |   irrelevant; they could be booted for slacking or they resign or ...), then
> > |   the next person in line from the previous Council election is offered the
> > |   position.  If they decline, it is offered to the next person in line, and so
> > |   forth.  If they accept and the current Council unanimously accepts the new
> > |   person, they get the position with a 'reduced' term such that the yearly
> > |   elections still elect a full group.  If the Council does not accept that
> > |   person, then a new election is held to choose a new member.
> >     <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20070208-summary.txt>
> > 
> > So your options are:
> > - Change the rules once again. Because you can.
> > - Follow the rules.
> 
> Try thinking about this from a different perspective: What is best for 
> Gentoo? If the rules are broken, they should get fixed instead of 
> blindly followed.

That looks like a topic for today's council meeting, doesn't it?