Re: [gentoo-nfp] Eligible ex-devs

[Paul de Vrieze]

Danny van Dyk wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>> Seems we need some clarification of which ex-devs are eligible to
>> vote in this trustee election.
>>
>> I thought it was anyone who has been a dev for a year or more up
>> until today.
>>
>> Danny (kugelfang) disagrees, but I'm not sure I can explain what he
>> said, so I'll let him.
>
> * Only Foundation members may vote
>
> * You become a Foundation member only by
>   - Being a Gentoo Developer for _at least_ a year before the election
>     period starts.
>   _and_
>   - Participating in the voting process.
>
> This is defined here[1], quoting:
> "Each Gentoo Developer that has been an active developer for at least
> one year at the moment the voting period starts is able to rank all
> candidates in the preferred order of election. Multiple entries for the
> same position are allowed."
>
> Some samples:
>
> a) Both ferringb and ciaranm are eligible to vote: They both
>    participated in the last (foundation) election (IMHO) and their
>    status as foundation members never ceased. Membership termination
>    can only be voluntarily or by 2/3 majority during the annual meeting
>    or any special meeting as specified by the Bylaws.
>
> b) Tsunam is not eligible to vote, as he joined gentoo only 0.85 years
>    ago. (Just a sample as we discussed it on IRC)
>
> c) Joe Developer was active until 2 weeks ago. He did _not_ vote in the
>    last (foundation) election. Thus, he never became a foundation member
>    and can't become one in this election. He's not eligible to vote.
>
> Besides: The current election, as it is our implementation of
> the "Annual Meeting" as specified by the Bylaws, will beinvalid, as all
> Foundation members must have notice[2] "... not less than ten(10) days
> [...] before the date of the meeting. ...". As we're still collecting
> all eligible voters we can be sure that not all foundation members have
> received such notice.
>
> In short: We need a secretary to do this properly. We need to keep track
> who voted when, and we need to send out notice in time. As this is an
> annual duty only, I'd like to suggest to hire a lawyer who does all
> this, in the foundation's name, once a year. As all notice can go out
> electronically, there is not so much financial overhead here.

Agreed. But be aware that the bylaws have not been approved by any (not
even the board of trustees). I think that we should still follow the
bylaws and consider them accepted by default (no opposition).

It should be clear that only members can vote and that a special rule
was constituted (and not retracted later) to allow eligible members to
become member by voting. All developers that have been active for more
than 1 year are eligible.

As it currently stands no-one has canceled his membership so everyone
who once became a member (by voting or by being trustee) is eligible to
vote.

Paul
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