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On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:04:58 +0100 |
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Torsten Veller <tove@g.o> wrote: |
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> * Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>: |
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> > Since Cardoe was the last person from the council vote with a |
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> > distribution that's anywhere between "more positive than negative" and |
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> > "even", I suggest that we leave the remaining spot open rather than |
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> > filling it with someone who the majority of developers ranked in the |
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> > bottom half of candidates. |
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> The "bottom half" depends somehow on the number of candidates. |
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> This is the ranked list: |
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> | 1 dberkholz |
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> | 2 Halcy0n |
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> | 3 Flameeyes |
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> | 4 Betelgeuse |
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> | 5 lu_zero |
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> | 6 Jokey |
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> | 7 dertobi123 |
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> | 8 cardoe |
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> | 9 dev-zero |
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> | 10 leio |
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> | 11 welp |
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> | 12 fmccor |
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> | 13 ulm |
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> | 14 jer |
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> | 15 hkBst |
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> | 16 astinus |
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> | 17 ferdy peper |
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> | 18 zlin |
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> What is the bottom half? |
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> By ranks: |
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> 1-9 is the first half, and 10-18 the second. |
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> Or did you already remove rank 18? |
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> | * Whenever a member of the Council loses their position (the reason is |
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> | irrelevant; they could be booted for slacking or they resign or ...), then |
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> | the next person in line from the previous Council election is offered the |
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> | position. If they decline, it is offered to the next person in line, and so |
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> | forth. If they accept and the current Council unanimously accepts the new |
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> | person, they get the position with a 'reduced' term such that the yearly |
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> | elections still elect a full group. If the Council does not accept that |
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> | person, then a new election is held to choose a new member. |
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> <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20070208-summary.txt> |
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> So your options are: |
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> - Change the rules once again. Because you can. |
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> - Follow the rules. |
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Based on that, it looks like the alternative to moving further down the |
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list is to hold an election for the open spot. That seems more |
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reasonable than leaving it open because the next election is several |
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months away. And something might come along that needs a tie breaker |
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vote. |
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By the way, the final ranking only shows an ordering by preference. It |
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does not say anything about whether or not the developer community |
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would not want any of these candidates as council members. |
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While we are at it, please remove my name from the list no matter how |
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this gets decided. As a trustee, I am now not allowed to sit on Council |
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Regards, |
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Ferris |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) |
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