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On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 06:17:48AM -0700, Raymond Jennings wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 5:12 AM Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Team, |
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> > This is a meta topic to collect Questions For Gentoo Foundation Trustee |
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> > Candidates together. |
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> > The idea seemed to work well on -project for council candidates. |
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> > Reply to this post with new questions only. The resulting sub topics will |
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> > help keep responses and resulting discussion organised. |
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> > Accordingly, I will respond to this post with my question. |
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> > -- |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Roy Bamford |
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> > (Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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> > elections |
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> > gentoo-ops |
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> > forum-mods |
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> > arm64 |
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> Dear candidates |
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> What are your plans regarding future relations between the trustees and the |
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> council? I noted that the council isn't even mentioned in the bylaws |
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While I am not up for election this year, I find it important to discuss the |
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proper organization of Gentoo while disregarding the dissolution discussions. |
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This is important to me because I believe the dissolution into a newly formed |
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501c3 with a retained CPA is the most viable, responsible, and ensures Gentoo's |
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legal governance by the membership (i.e. those devs, and general members) is |
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retained. An umbrella does not offer this. Conversely, an umbrella requires |
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that we inform those interested in Gentoo and it's future to gain membership |
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with the umbrella organization in order to have a vote in the same matters we |
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currently deal with. |
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To answer your initial question and tread across the hot topic of council and |
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trustees... |
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This should not even be a debate. I initially ran for council before running as |
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a candidate in the trustee election. Many folks directly accused me trying to |
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run as a trustee because I was not elected for council. These accusations |
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explicitly stated that I was attempting to gain "power" a different way. They |
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were very childish and ill-thought. |
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Each body serves a unique purpose. The Gentoo Foundation serves as the legal |
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representation of Gentoo. This (for non-American's) simply means that they |
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own/defend the trademarks, monies, assets, and any legal matters brought against |
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the Foundation. |
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The council drives the distribution day-to-day from a technical perspective. |
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Overall, I am an advocate for appointing the council as the technical body of |
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Gentoo via the by-laws. If nothing more than just to formalize for the general |
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public that they are the technical body. |
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As stated in previous mails, some things *simply cannot be delegated* to |
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individuals who are not legally (I will not get into international laws here) |
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held liable by virtue of a general membership electing an individual to the |
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board of trustees. This includes things such as COMREL, monies, assets, |
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trademarks, legal name requirements for contributions. |
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I, personally, have no intent on trying to circumvent or "override" the councils |
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decisions so long as they have no legal implications. We obviously saw the |
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council and trustees work together to pass the GLEP governing Git signed-off-by |
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lines. Of course, this document has no legal signifance. It was, of course, a |
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prudent thing to have done and has allowed the distribution to remain protected. |
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That decision should have been adopted into the by-laws first, with a governing |
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GLEP for the technical implementation done by the council. All of this, of |
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course, having been amicably decided by both the council and trustees. One |
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representing the legal interests of the distro and the other the technical |
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governance of the distribution. |
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*These situations are rare though and I would hope adults can work together to |
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achieve the appropriate outcome* |
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As stated above and told to those who questioned my intentions, I am simply here |
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to support Gentoo as a trustee. That means, I am an advocate for purchasing |
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hardware needed by teams, supporting the developers (e.g. Nitrokeys), and |
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keeping the infrastructure up that allows Gentoo to be successful around the |
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world. |
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*This to me is an example of how current and future Trustees should conduct |
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themselves* |
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If a Trustee wants to be involved in influencing the day-to-day or technical |
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decisions then we have well-established mechanisms for that and an elected |
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council to decide. |
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Cheers, |
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Aaron |
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