On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 09:28 +0000, Duncan wrote:
> Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> posted
> 20080606013721.06a5c36f@..., excerpted below, on  Fri, 06
> Jun 2008 01:37:21 +0000:
> 
> >> 2. As one of the first priorities will be setting policy for pending
> >> appeals what policy do you propose ?
> 
> > I'd also add two new requirements:
> > 1.  Any appeal must be heard and decided within xxx days;
> 
> Not to seem disrespectful, but "Or what?"

Or it succeeds.  Council may not pocket veto an appeal.

> 
> Seriously, "or the appeal automatically succeeds."?  Or, "or the appeal 
> automatically fails."?  Does it matter what the appeal is (the scope of 
> the question wasn't limited to the current situation, so the answer must 
> apply in broad scope as well)?
> 
Any appeal.
> I'd urge being careful here, because it a similar failure to spell out 
> the details that triggered what amounted to a bit of a constitutional 
> crisis, tho the worst now seems past, I believe with the correct decision 
> being made.  (My thanks to all involved.)
> 
> So the "or what" matters, as does the scope, which is why I'm asking 
> about it.
> 
> -- 
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> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
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Regards,
Ferris
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)