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Hi All, |
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> Seems we need some clarification of which ex-devs are eligible to |
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> vote in this trustee election. |
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> I thought it was anyone who has been a dev for a year or more up |
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> until today. |
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> Danny (kugelfang) disagrees, but I'm not sure I can explain what he |
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> said, so I'll let him. |
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* Only Foundation members may vote |
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* You become a Foundation member only by |
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- Being a Gentoo Developer for _at least_ a year before the election |
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period starts. |
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_and_ |
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- Participating in the voting process. |
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This is defined here[1], quoting: |
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"Each Gentoo Developer that has been an active developer for at least |
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one year at the moment the voting period starts is able to rank all |
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candidates in the preferred order of election. Multiple entries for the |
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same position are allowed." |
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Some samples: |
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a) Both ferringb and ciaranm are eligible to vote: They both |
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participated in the last (foundation) election (IMHO) and their |
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status as foundation members never ceased. Membership termination |
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can only be voluntarily or by 2/3 majority during the annual meeting |
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or any special meeting as specified by the Bylaws. |
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b) Tsunam is not eligible to vote, as he joined gentoo only 0.85 years |
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ago. (Just a sample as we discussed it on IRC) |
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c) Joe Developer was active until 2 weeks ago. He did _not_ vote in the |
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last (foundation) election. Thus, he never became a foundation member |
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and can't become one in this election. He's not eligible to vote. |
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Besides: The current election, as it is our implementation of |
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the "Annual Meeting" as specified by the Bylaws, will beinvalid, as all |
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Foundation members must have notice[2] "... not less than ten(10) days |
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[...] before the date of the meeting. ...". As we're still collecting |
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all eligible voters we can be sure that not all foundation members have |
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received such notice. |
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In short: We need a secretary to do this properly. We need to keep track |
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who voted when, and we need to send out notice in time. As this is an |
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annual duty only, I'd like to suggest to hire a lawyer who does all |
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this, in the foundation's name, once a year. As all notice can go out |
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electronically, there is not so much financial overhead here. |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/ |
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"Election Process" |
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[2] http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/bylaws.xml |
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"Section 3.4. Notice2 |
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my ยค0.02, |
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Danny |
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Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@g.o> |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Project, Gentoo Scientific Project |
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