Re: [gentoo-council] Re: Stepping back from council duties

[Roy Bamford]

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On 2008.11.17 16:15, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> On 19:40 Sun 16 Nov     , Tobias Scherbaum wrote:
> > Count me in as well for that idea. Having that "nobody" person
> running
> > in the election allows us to have a clear and comprehensible
> breakup
> > between those candidates who could easily fill a gap and those who
> don't
> > (and therefore when it's time to hold an election for a person
> filling
> > that gap). It still leaves one question open: What to do when
> "nobody"
> > is elected on the 5th or 6th position (or even the 1st ...)?
>
> Have a smaller council. The largest number of odd people <=7 that are
> ranked above "nobody". There's no reason it has to be 7, and it seems
> to
> me that on a 7-person council, about half end up doing mostly nothing
> that's related to being on the council.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Donnie
>
> Donnie Berkholz
> Developer, Gentoo Linux
> Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com
>
Team,

We overdo the democratic process in Gentoo and it doesn't help our 
decision making at all.

When a member of the council resigns mid term, advertise the post and 
solicit applictions from the developer pool. The remaining council can 
then appoint an applicant for the remander of the term.

While I'm reforming the council, I would like to see the term extended 
to two years with only half the seats being contested each year.
The important thing here is to prevent loss of continuity.

- -- 
Regards,

Roy Bamford
(NeddySeagoon) a member of
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