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On 2008.04.18 23:25, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 20:42 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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[snip] |
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> It's my personal opinion that the Foundation should have the ability |
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> to |
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> control its own membership. Currently, membership is decided by an |
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> external third party (the Gentoo distribution's Developer Relations |
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> team) and based on some fairly arbitrary term of service. That |
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> worked |
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> out great for the *original* Foundation, but really needs to be |
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> rethought. Remember guys, you have the ability to rebuild the |
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> Foundation how you see fit. Don't pass up this opportunity because |
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> of |
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> history or the status quo. Do what you think is best and everybody |
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> else |
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> be damned. ;] |
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> Chris Gianelloni |
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> Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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> Games Developer |
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> gentoo-nfp@l.g.o mailing list |
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> |
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Chris, |
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I'm glad there is some debate going on. I agree with everything you |
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have written. |
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Non Gentoo Developers will probably contribute more to the foundation |
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than ebuild developers (they don't have the same focus on software) and |
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in the long term, that's the way I want to see the Foundation go. Allow |
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me to refer you to my election manifesto. |
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As I see it today, we need a set of bylaws that we can live with as |
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soon as we can get them, then develop the bylaws as we develop the |
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Foundation. |
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I believe that its essential to the long term survival of the Gentoo |
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Foundation to open up Foundation membership to the whole community. |
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I'm aware that not everyone shares that view so I would rather have |
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some agreed bylaws that we can build on than spend the rest of our |
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first term of office failing to ratify any bylaws at all. |
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I'm sure if we make the changes in small steps, we will make faster |
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progress than going for the big bang. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(NeddySeagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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treecleaners |
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trustees |
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