Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations for council

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 11:31 +0100, George Prowse wrote:
> Alex Howells wrote:
> > 2008/6/3 George Prowse <cokehabit@×××××.com>:
> >> Thirded
> >
> > Someone can clarify but don't you need to be a Foundation member to
> > nominate or support nominations?
> >
> > Either way, all of the current Council get my nomination, plus welp
> > gets a second.
>
> Anyone can nominate but only members get a vote.

Foundation members, and Gentoo Developers are not the same. I do not
believe Council elections have anything at all to do with the
Foundation.

There are similar stipulations for time on board, etc before one can
vote in either Foundation or Council elections/votes. But they are
different. One needs to only be a developer, that has met time
requirements, to vote for Council. Pretty sure same stipulations apply
to running for Council position.

At this time Foundation Membership has nothing do with developer status,
or qualifications to vote in Council elections. In fact I believe a
current Gentoo Developer could elect to not be a member of the
foundation. They would still retain all status and rights as a
developer. Including voting rights on any vote or election put forth by
any entity Council, etc other than the Foundation to it's members.

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.
amd64/Java/Trustees
Gentoo Foundation