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Let me say a bit more about what I wrote in 4.7(b) (on termination for
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cause).
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1. Yes, I know this currently has the same problems with appeals as
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I've been raising elsewhere. Currently, any appeal of such a
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termination action would be heard by the people who took the action.
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But that is simply because the Foundation right now does not have
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enough designated decision makers for anything else. You will notice
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that as it is written, this is not the case. Let me clarify: I intend
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the "or" clause in the "Board, or ... Officers, or ... agents" to be
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exclusive, and I think we should be working towards the "agents" part
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- --- think HR department, personnel department, or whatever you call it.
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2. I do not intend by this in any way to discourage discussion or even
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arguments. The board is a corporation whose purpose is to support the
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Gentoo Linux project. It does not exist to support itself --- it
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exists as a legal entity. Thus, the sorts of activities I am thinking of
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here are those which (a) might jeopardize our Not-for-profit status, (b)
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Might cause sponsors to withdraw support, (c) Might cause people within
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Gentoo (project or Foundation) or outside Gentoo (the world of computer
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users, I suppose) to turn against Gentoo. Rane's example using a
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communication on #ubuntu channel has the potential of hitting all three
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of my points.
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3. Otherwise, I am actually less concerned about courtesy among
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Foundation members than I am among project members. We work to support
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the project, but I suspect that no matter how we build the Foundation,
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the dynamics among us will be different from the dynamics among the
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Project members.
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It's going to be exciting and a lot of fun. All of you, please do
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speak up.
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Regards,
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Ferris
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- --
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel, Userrel, Trustees)
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