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I didn't vote in time to be counted, but here are a couple comments... |
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Grant Goodyear wrote: [Sat Apr 16 2005, 09:56:59AM EDT] |
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> Here's the results as of this morning. Fifty-three people voted (not |
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> including myself, since I'm doing the counting). I should have had us |
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> set up a mail alias so that somebody else also received the votes, since |
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> with this method people have to trust that my counting is honest. Sorry |
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> about that. |
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> |
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> > 1. Gentoo Foundation membership is available to all Gentoo developers |
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> > ___ Immediately upon becoming a dev |
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> 5 votes |
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> > ___ 1 year after becoming a dev |
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> 42 votes |
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> > ___ 2 years after becoming a dev |
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> 2 votes |
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> > ___ None of the above |
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> 2 votes |
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> Multiple people commented that this question was too simplistic. Does |
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> the X years need to be continuous? What happens with a dev who is on |
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> hiatus for some period of time? Should there be an alternative |
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> "fast-track w/ Y nominations from existing members" route to becoming |
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> a member? Nonetheless, there does seem to be a substantial consensus |
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> that 1 year is about right. |
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Personally, I'd like continuous 1 year required prior to eligibility. |
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A hiatus (the semi-official Gentoo term for leave of absence) of more |
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than 30 days would revoke membership, requiring 6 months of activity |
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following the hiatus to restore membership. This rule would attempt |
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to ensure that members are abreast of current goings-on to reduce |
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uninformed voting. It's also simple and relatively easy to track. |
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Some might ask: What about developers that just leave for a while, but |
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don't announce they are on hiatus? I'll respond in advance: don't |
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worry about it. Hopefully somebody notices and queries them. If |
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a developer isn't responding, bring it up on -core in case somebody is |
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in contact with the dev in question. If the developer can't be raised |
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within 30 days, they will be considered "on hiatus". |
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I don't see the point in fast-track. Keep it simple: 1 year |
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continuous activity, then membership is possible. The only point |
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I can see in "sponsoring" newer devs to membership is to get more |
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supporters for a given vote, which isn't a good reason. I don't think |
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it's asking too much for developers to actively contribute for a year |
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before they're allowed to vote; after all, they can help swing the |
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vote by arguing effectively in a public forum such as -dev without the |
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need for voting privileges themselves. |
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Regards, |
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Aron |
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Aron Griffis |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |