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When I was thinking again about Gentoo's structure. The relationship of |
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the Foundation and the Council. I thought of an odd scenario. The |
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council rules the project, period. No contesting that and I am not |
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looking to change that. |
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That said, the Council decides to take some action within Gentoo. That |
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decision and action requires funding. Now who's hands does the power lie |
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in? At that point the Trustees, and if they choose not to fund the |
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request. Then what? Council is denied their supreme authority. Hardly |
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ideal, and I believe goes against the purpose of the council. |
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Case in point. Last year for the Florida Linux Show, I had to ask and |
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get Trustees approval to fund a booth at the show for Gentoo[1]. To me |
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that seems like a decision that should fall to the Council not the |
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Foundation. |
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The only time the Foundation should deny a funding request/order from |
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the council is if there is not adequate funds available. But it should |
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not be up to a second body what areas get funded and don't. |
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The Foundation isn't running the project, why should they be in control |
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of what money is spent on. Now access and final payment, I think should |
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still go through the Foundation. But more as acting on the Council's |
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ruling or decision. Unless it's a totally insane request, there might be |
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some veto power in the request/order. But really it should not be up to |
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the Foundation. It's not it's mission to decide those things. Just |
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oversee and enact. |
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1. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192511 |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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amd64/Java/Trustees |
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Gentoo Foundation |