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Greets, |
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 2008.06.12 15:34, Richard Freeman wrote: |
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>> Currently they are essentially the same. However, the reason I bring |
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>> this up is that there is some debate over whether the foundation |
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>> membership should be substantially expanded beyond just gentoo devs |
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>> (possibly including end-users, or those willing to pay a membership |
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>> fee |
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>> of some sort). These kinds of situations could lead to the sorts of |
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>> conflicts I'd like to avoid, as now you have two boards with |
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>> different |
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>> agendas in charge of aspects of the same project. |
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Indeed. |
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As a trustee I've taken the position that current gentoo devs should |
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be the only ones that make up members of the foundation. |
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However I am still listening to both side of the coin so I could be |
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convinced otherwise. |
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There's a reason why it's called a DRAFT. We'll hopefully work |
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something out that while it might not be perfect in all eyes, |
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hopefully it is something reasonable to most if not all AND in the |
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best interest of the project. |
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>> gentoo-nfp@l.g.o mailing list |
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> The constituencies are not the same but today, under the draft bylaws, |
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> they are diverging. That is something the trustees need to fix in the |
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> first formal adoption of bylaws. |
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> To vote in a council election, developers must have been developers for |
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> a year (from memory). Thus the council represents the views of that |
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> group of developers. Also, only developers may serve as councilors. |
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> To qualify to vote in a trustee election, the electorate is formed from |
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> foundation member and those eligible to become a foundation member. |
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> At present, you become a foundation member by voting in a trustee |
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> election. To be an eligible non-member, you need to have been a |
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> developer for a year. Read that a few times, its a little circular. |
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> This means that the foundation represents its members who are all the |
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> dev's who have ever voted in an election. Only foundation members may |
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> serve as trustees. |
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> Under present draft bylaws foundation membership never lapses so such |
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> famous past developers as drobbins (our first president) have votes and |
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> could become trustees. Thus under present draft bylaws the foundation |
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> becomes more representative of members who are ex devs, simply because |
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> one day, ex devs members will outnumber active dev members. |
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This is one of those things that is problematic. It's like letting |
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your ex girlfriend keep the key to your apartment. |
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> Note that elegible active devs who have never voted in a trustee |
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> election are not foundation members. |
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Regards, |
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Tom |
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