Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re-iterate: June 2018 Bylaw updates

[Alec Warner]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 7:34 PM Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com> wrote:

> I should clarify, I was referring to why the prohibition was removed
> in mgorny's proposed revision as noted in the diff.
>

The rationale is *in* the email.

-A


> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 2:15 PM Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:32 PM Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'd like to ask for the record why the prohibition was removed
> >> regarding concurrent
> >> membership as a trustee and on the gentoo council.
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure I follow. Currently it *is* prohibited to be a council
> member and a trustee. The amendments Michał mentioned are *proposed*
> amendments (from June). The idea being we would wait for a new board to
> vote on them (e.g. now). That being said, I intend to vote to abolish the
> prohibition you mention, but the rationale is right in the proposal
> (because the board needs more prospective members and excluding the council
> members harms that mission.)
> >
> > -A
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:55 AM Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > Back in June 2018 a few Bylaw updates were submitted for the Trustees.
> >> > Since they haven't been processed yet, I'd like to re-submit them
> >> > for the next meeting.
> >> >
> >> > Unified version:
> >> >
> >> > render:
> https://gist.github.com/mgorny/4cfd3cc3784f693edfe21338b9a37704
> >> > diffs:
> https://gist.github.com/mgorny/4cfd3cc3784f693edfe21338b9a37704/revisions
> >> >
> >> > Those are, in order:
> >> >
> >> > 1. Formatting fixes.
> >> >
> >> > thread:
> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/message/c58501db83a9a459c407a156a8c01850
> >> > render:
> https://gist.github.com/mgorny/a27da12d627f19ba8bca09f799990b3d
> >> > diffs:
> https://gist.github.com/mgorny/a27da12d627f19ba8bca09f799990b3d/revisions
> >> > (thread also contains more readable word-diff)
> >> >
> >> > 2. Unifying and clarifying inactive member removal.
> >> >
> >> > Includes changes discussed in thread:
> >> >
> >> > a. removes special treatment of Gentoo devs -- everyone is removed
> >> > by inactivity, and accepted through contributions (being a Gentoo dev
> >> > being one of the ways of contributing).
> >> >
> >> > b. restores the original precise wording of how members are removed.
> >> >
> >> > thread:
> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/message/6b5093d69c006a47aa782f03497ba99e
> >> > render:
> https://gist.github.com/mgorny/66e6a3b72910162c8aaccbd0b12e3906
> >> > diff:
> https://gist.github.com/mgorny/66e6a3b72910162c8aaccbd0b12e3906/revisions
> >> >
> >> > 3. Allowing Council members to serve as Trustees.
> >> >
> >> > thread:
> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/message/eb6bea1abb21b8c8ae29d0d24394305f
> >> >
> >> > 4. Lower member quorum to 1/10.
> >> >
> >> > thread:
> https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/message/443c7d847564b0c4391b434db05d1f34
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Best regards,
> >> > Michał Górny
> >>
>
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