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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 5:28 AM, Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 2017.03.20 07:34, Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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>> On 19-03-2017 17:10:53 -0500, Matthew Thode wrote: |
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>> > dabbott |
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>> > Motion: Remove 27 members that have not voted in last 2 |
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>> elections. |
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>> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation_Talk:Meetings/2017/02 |
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>> |
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>> I guess slightly off-topic, but is there still a way to prevent |
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>> removal? |
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My opinion is if you want to remain a foundation member we just remove |
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you from the list of members to be dropped. |
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Regards, |
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David |
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>> |
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>> Thanks, |
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>> Fabian |
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>> |
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>> -- |
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>> Fabian Groffen |
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>> Gentoo on a different level |
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>> |
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> |
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> Fabian, |
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> |
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> Long rambling story. Skip to the end if you want. |
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> When the board of 2008 were elected, the Foundation structure |
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> was such that devs became members automatically, unless |
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> they asked not to but never left. |
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> |
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> In theory, members vote for more than just the board and in |
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> some cases, may need to form a quorum. That's difficult with |
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> over 200 members, most of whom are no longer interesed in |
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> Gentoo. Thus a way to prune the membership was required. |
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> |
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> The trustees of the day (including myself) came up with the |
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> idea of dropping members who had not voted in the the most |
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> recent two elections. |
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> There have been a few active devs who have been dropped |
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> then reapplied. I don't think anyone has reapplied before |
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> beind dropped but this is the first time the list has been |
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> published. |
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> |
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> There has been some discussion in #gentoo-trustees about |
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> not dropping active devs. Thats up to the present board |
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> to change if they want to. |
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> Meanwhile, Foundation membership has been fairly |
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> automatic for devs, so I suppose the active devs on that |
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> list only need reapply. |
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> For the avoidance of doubt, I am no longer a trustee. I |
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> stood down in Aug 2016. |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> |
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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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David Abbott (dabbott) |
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Gentoo Foundation Secretary |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~dabbott/ |
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