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William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 18:17 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:11:44 +0200 |
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>> Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> Also, I would have thought there was a requirement to have been a |
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>>> developer for at least a year, just like we require mentors to have |
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>>> been a developer for six months. Thoughts? |
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>>> |
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>> You're confusing Foundation and Council rules. For the Council, there |
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>> aren't any restrictions on who can nominate or who can run -- GLEP 39 |
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>> doesn't even include the restriction on only nominating developers. |
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> IMHO the Council should be written into the Foundation Bylaws. Replacing |
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> and deprecating GLEP 39. |
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> Which one of the first things wrt to the Council that would be mentioned |
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> in the Bylaws is the Council has full authority and veto power over the |
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> project. That means the board nor officers can dictate to the Council. |
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> Council remains on top of it all. Just legally declared, and with other |
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> rules, regulations, etc, stipulated in detail. |
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> Unlike GLEP 39 Put in a legal document, giving the Council legal power. |
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> Not just power per some GLEP or other unofficial doc, being used for a |
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> purpose other than it's intention. Much less make it easier to see and |
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> understand the structure of Gentoo to an outsider. |
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The Gentoo Foundation and the Gentoo Council are two different entities. |
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For further reference please refer to the FreeBSD Foundation and the |
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FreeBSD Project. What you're implying is that the Gentoo Foundation is |
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over/owns the Gentoo Council. Which is completely and categorically wrong. |
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