Re: [gentoo-project] Council discuss: overlapping council terms of two years

[Fabian Groffen]

On 03-08-2011 02:26:44 +0000, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> > I think yes, if the council regarding GLEP39 thinks A, but the dev
> > population B, then it is unlikely the council will vote for B.
> > However, the dev population should vote for other council members
> > that do support B for the next term in that case.
> >
> > You have all rights of course to try and persuade the council members
> > to change their minds and vote for B.  Probably good argumentation
> > will help there.
>
> I strongly disagree on this since I support that any change to GLEP39
> will require a global dev vote, which means that even if the council
> starts a discussion and guides the process for GLEP39 reform, in the end
> it will fall to the full developer community to approve it or not.
> I do think that the council should have an active role in GLEP39 reform
> and that it's natural for the council to "lead" on this process. If
> we're able to get this moving forward, I would be open to having the
> council nominate a person or committee to spearhead the process.

I don't see how the both of us disagree here.


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Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level