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On 2011.08.14 12:25, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Markos Chandras |
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> <hwoarang@g.o> |
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> > Quite a few of you know that Council acts as a court in case a |
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> developer |
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> > has unresolved disputes with Devrel or when he is not happy with a |
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> > Devrel's decision. The problem is that having the same people in |
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> the |
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> > Council and in Devrel makes no sense since the same people will |
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> vote |
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> > twice on that matter. |
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[snip] |
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> For these reasons, I see no reason with having overlapping membership |
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> - we're a community and we govern ourselves. The Council is elected |
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> by the community to speak for the community, and they're allowed to |
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> speak even if they've done so already. |
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The Council is elected by the members of the community holding a |
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@gentoo.org email address. Thats a very small subset of the Gentoo |
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community ... but maybe we should open voting to the entire Gentoo |
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community ? |
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There are practical problems with that of course. |
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> For the same sorts of reasons I also see no issue with having |
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> overlapping Council and Trustee membership (obviously allowing that |
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> the Bylaws would need to be amended if a majority of foundation |
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> members agreed with me). I do see the value in having more |
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> participation, but not the requirement. |
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I see the council members as officers of the Foundation, not directors |
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of the Foundation. The two roles are different and should be spilt. |
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Indeed, its a failing of the Foundation today that the directors and |
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officers are the same people. |
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> Rich |
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-- |
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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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trustees |