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On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:48:42AM -0700, Daniel Campbell wrote: |
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> Why stop at five when the Council consists of seven members? Three seats |
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> changed for 2017-2018. I took the time to dig up past election results |
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> and indicated the change between each year. [1, also attached] The last |
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> time 3 or more seats changed was in the 2013-2014 election. To me, |
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> that's significant enough to claim that there is movement within Gentoo, |
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> especially considering last year's election had no change in seats. |
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> Before that (2015-2016) was 2 seats, and before that (2014-2015), only one. |
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If you want further data, see these links. |
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https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/elections.git/tree/completed |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/Meeting_logs |
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The meeting logs are more interesting, because of nuances of council |
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elections: |
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If a council member steps down, they are replaced by the NEXT available |
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person on the ballot, as long as that person is above |
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reopen_nominations. This caused the 2nd election in the 2008 term. |
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- 2006/08 election unseated everybody except vapier |
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- 2006-7: term Flameyes stepped down for personal reasons, but was |
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re-elected the following term. Uberlord was next on the ballot and |
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stepped up to take his place. |
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- 2007-8: vapier & uberlord re-elected, flameeyes returns. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Trustee & Treasurer |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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