Re: [gentoo-nfp] [RFC] Bylaws change: extend inactivity removal to all members

[Rich Freeman]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 2:22 PM Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
>
>   Full members shall have their membership continued while they indicate
>   that they remain interested in the affairs of the Foundation, unless
>   their membership is terminated in accordance with 4.8 or 4.9.
>

I do think that the two-election process currently being used is a
pretty good way to assess interest.  I'd suggest tweaking the above
slightly into one of these variations:

  Full members shall have their membership continued while they indicate
  that they remain interested in the affairs of the Foundation, unless
  their membership is terminated in accordance with 4.8 or 4.9.  The trustees
  shall establish the process used to determine active interest.

or

  Full members shall have their membership continued while they indicate
  that they remain interested in the affairs of the Foundation by not
failing to
  vote in two consecutive elections, unless their membership is terminated in
  accordance with 4.8 or 4.9.

I think the first is basically equivalent to your existing proposal,
but makes it clear that some kind of process is to be established
(which could be the election process, or something else).

The first just makes it completely explicit.  Both additions are a bit
awkward in wording I'll admit.  This could be corrected by rephrasing
the preceding part.

The two-election process seems to be the subject of a bit of debate so
feel free to argue the point.  I do think the process makes sense
though, and if we add the _reopen_nominations option then that allows
protest votes/etc while preserving membership.

-- 
Rich