William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 18:17 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:11:44 +0200
>> Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:
>>     
>>> Also, I would have thought there was a requirement to have been a
>>> developer for at least a year, just like we require mentors to have
>>> been a developer for six months. Thoughts?
>>>       
>> You're confusing Foundation and Council rules. For the Council, there
>> aren't any restrictions on who can nominate or who can run -- GLEP 39
>> doesn't even include the restriction on only nominating developers.
>>     
>
> IMHO the Council should be written into the Foundation Bylaws. Replacing
> and deprecating GLEP 39.
>
> Which one of the first things wrt to the Council that would be mentioned
> in the Bylaws is the Council has full authority and veto power over the
> project. That means the board nor officers can dictate to the Council.
> Council remains on top of it all. Just legally declared, and with other
> rules, regulations, etc, stipulated in detail.
>
> Unlike GLEP 39 Put in a legal document, giving the Council legal power.
> Not just power per some GLEP or other unofficial doc, being used for a
> purpose other than it's intention. Much less make it easier to see and
> understand the structure of Gentoo to an outsider.
>
>   
The Gentoo Foundation and the Gentoo Council are two different entities. 
For further reference please refer to the FreeBSD Foundation and the 
FreeBSD Project. What you're implying is that the Gentoo Foundation is 
over/owns the Gentoo Council. Which is completely and categorically wrong.
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