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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-council@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] Re: Stepping back from council duties
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:55:49
Message-Id: 20081116175546.GH23210@comet
In Reply to: [gentoo-council] Re: Stepping back from council duties by Torsten Veller
1 On 13:04 Sun 16 Nov , Torsten Veller wrote:
2 > Or did you already remove rank 18?
3 >
4 > | * Whenever a member of the Council loses their position (the reason is
5 > | irrelevant; they could be booted for slacking or they resign or ...), then
6 > | the next person in line from the previous Council election is offered the
7 > | position. If they decline, it is offered to the next person in line, and so
8 > | forth. If they accept and the current Council unanimously accepts the new
9 > | person, they get the position with a 'reduced' term such that the yearly
10 > | elections still elect a full group. If the Council does not accept that
11 > | person, then a new election is held to choose a new member.
12 > <http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20070208-summary.txt>
13 >
14 > So your options are:
15 > - Change the rules once again. Because you can.
16 > - Follow the rules.
17
18 Try thinking about this from a different perspective: What is best for
19 Gentoo? If the rules are broken, they should get fixed instead of
20 blindly followed.
21
22 --
23 Thanks,
24 Donnie
25
26 Donnie Berkholz
27 Developer, Gentoo Linux
28 Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com

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