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From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Should DevRel members be in Council?
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:42:21
Message-Id: 1313332921.2962.1@NeddySeagoon
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Should DevRel members be in Council? by Rich Freeman
1 On 2011.08.14 12:25, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Markos Chandras
3 > <hwoarang@g.o>
4 > wrote:
5 > > Quite a few of you know that Council acts as a court in case a
6 > developer
7 > > has unresolved disputes with Devrel or when he is not happy with a
8 > > Devrel's decision. The problem is that having the same people in
9 > the
10 > > Council and in Devrel makes no sense since the same people will
11 > vote
12 > > twice on that matter.
13 >
14 [snip]
15
16 > For these reasons, I see no reason with having overlapping membership
17 > - we're a community and we govern ourselves. The Council is elected
18 > by the community to speak for the community, and they're allowed to
19 > speak even if they've done so already.
20
21 The Council is elected by the members of the community holding a
22 @gentoo.org email address. Thats a very small subset of the Gentoo
23 community ... but maybe we should open voting to the entire Gentoo
24 community ?
25
26 There are practical problems with that of course.
27
28 >
29 > For the same sorts of reasons I also see no issue with having
30 > overlapping Council and Trustee membership (obviously allowing that
31 > the Bylaws would need to be amended if a majority of foundation
32 > members agreed with me). I do see the value in having more
33 > participation, but not the requirement.
34
35 I see the council members as officers of the Foundation, not directors
36 of the Foundation. The two roles are different and should be spilt.
37 Indeed, its a failing of the Foundation today that the directors and
38 officers are the same people.
39
40 >
41 > Rich
42 >
43 >
44
45 --
46 Regards,
47
48 Roy Bamford
49 (Neddyseagoon) a member of
50 gentoo-ops
51 forum-mods
52 trustees

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