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Hello, everyone. |
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I have recently noticed that Trustees have been removing active Gentoo |
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developers from the Foundation. This has at least taken place before |
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the 2017/2018 Trustee election. I would therefore like to request |
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Trustees to reply to that in context of Foundation Bylaws. |
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To be more specific, Bylaw 4.4 states (emphasis mine): |
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Section 4.4. Continuation of Membership |
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*Full members who remain Gentoo developers shall have their |
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membership continued until it is terminated in accordance |
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with 4.8 or 4.9.* |
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Full members who retire from the Gentoo project shall have there |
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membership continued while they indicate that they remain interested |
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in the affairs of the Foundation unless their membership is terminated |
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in accordance with 4.8 or 4.9. |
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Criteria for loss of interest in the foundation shall be determined by |
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the trustees, from time to time. [1] |
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For the record, 4.8 and 4.9 are, appropriately: |
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Section 4.8. Voluntary Withdrawal from Membership |
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Members may withdraw from membership in the foundation at any time |
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upon thirty (30) days' written, signed notice delivered to an officer |
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of the foundation, which notice may be by cryptographically signed |
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electronic mail with a valid signature. |
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Section 4.9. Termination from Membership. |
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Membership may be terminated by a majority vote of the board of |
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trustees in the event that any member acts contrary to the purpose(s) |
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of the Gentoo Foundation. |
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The Bylaws therefore clearly state that active Gentoo developers remain |
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Foundation members until they *voluntarily* withdraw their membership, |
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or act contrary to the purposes of Foundation. Removal as a result of |
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'loss of activity' applies only to retired developers. |
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Now, in May of 2015 the Foundation member list have been updated with |
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a number of members being removed (with no comment suggesting why |
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the update took place) [2]. According to data on file (LDAP), among |
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the removed Foundation members there were 10 active Gentoo developers |
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at the time: |
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- deathwing00 |
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- djc |
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- flameeyes |
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- hattya |
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- jkt |
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- rafaelmartins |
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- scarabeus |
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- titanofold |
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- xmw |
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- yngwin |
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Even if we assume that some of those people were already in process of |
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being retired (or considered for retirement) at the time, this leaves 5 |
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developers who are still active today. |
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I have confirmed that the people listed above were also removed from |
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voter list for 2017/2018 Trustee election [3]. Apparently the decision |
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was made during the 20170326 meeting, and was approved by positive vote |
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from all Trustees [4][5]. |
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So why were you removing active Gentoo developers, contrary |
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to the Bylaws? Were you unaware of Bylaws by which the Foundation |
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operates? Or did you fail to verify the list? |
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What should be done about developers who were unjustly removed? What |
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should be done about Trustees elected in 2017/2018 election whose |
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electorate was changed in violation of Bylaws? |
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[1]:https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws |
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[2]:https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Foundation:Member_List&diff=642628&oldid=627658 |
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[3]:https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/elections.git/tree/completed/trustees-201707/voters-trustees-201707 |
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[4]:https://projects.gentoo.org/foundation/2017/20170326.log.txt |
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[5]:https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation_Talk:Meetings/2017/02 |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |