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From: Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-nfp <gentoo-nfp@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re-iterate: June 2018 Bylaw updates
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:07:53
Message-Id: CAGDaZ_qudYHE8Y-DnkVVtWEmc4F7LrXz4rMksJTmvYzpGawY9Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Re-iterate: June 2018 Bylaw updates by Alec Warner
1 I see it now, my bad, it was in a linked thread and not inlined.
2
3 Thanks for clarifying.
4 On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 5:38 PM Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
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6 >
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8 > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 7:34 PM Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com> wrote:
9 >>
10 >> I should clarify, I was referring to why the prohibition was removed
11 >> in mgorny's proposed revision as noted in the diff.
12 >
13 >
14 > The rationale is *in* the email.
15 >
16 > -A
17 >
18 >>
19 >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 2:15 PM Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
20 >> >
21 >> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 4:32 PM Raymond Jennings <shentino@×××××.com> wrote:
22 >> >>
23 >> >> I'd like to ask for the record why the prohibition was removed
24 >> >> regarding concurrent
25 >> >> membership as a trustee and on the gentoo council.
26 >> >
27 >> >
28 >> > I'm not sure I follow. Currently it *is* prohibited to be a council member and a trustee. The amendments Michał mentioned are *proposed* amendments (from June). The idea being we would wait for a new board to vote on them (e.g. now). That being said, I intend to vote to abolish the prohibition you mention, but the rationale is right in the proposal (because the board needs more prospective members and excluding the council members harms that mission.)
29 >> >
30 >> > -A
31 >> >
32 >> >
33 >> >>
34 >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:55 AM Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
35 >> >> >
36 >> >> > Hello,
37 >> >> >
38 >> >> > Back in June 2018 a few Bylaw updates were submitted for the Trustees.
39 >> >> > Since they haven't been processed yet, I'd like to re-submit them
40 >> >> > for the next meeting.
41 >> >> >
42 >> >> > Unified version:
43 >> >> >
44 >> >> > render: https://gist.github.com/mgorny/4cfd3cc3784f693edfe21338b9a37704
45 >> >> > diffs: https://gist.github.com/mgorny/4cfd3cc3784f693edfe21338b9a37704/revisions
46 >> >> >
47 >> >> > Those are, in order:
48 >> >> >
49 >> >> > 1. Formatting fixes.
50 >> >> >
51 >> >> > thread: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/message/c58501db83a9a459c407a156a8c01850
52 >> >> > render: https://gist.github.com/mgorny/a27da12d627f19ba8bca09f799990b3d
53 >> >> > diffs: https://gist.github.com/mgorny/a27da12d627f19ba8bca09f799990b3d/revisions
54 >> >> > (thread also contains more readable word-diff)
55 >> >> >
56 >> >> > 2. Unifying and clarifying inactive member removal.
57 >> >> >
58 >> >> > Includes changes discussed in thread:
59 >> >> >
60 >> >> > a. removes special treatment of Gentoo devs -- everyone is removed
61 >> >> > by inactivity, and accepted through contributions (being a Gentoo dev
62 >> >> > being one of the ways of contributing).
63 >> >> >
64 >> >> > b. restores the original precise wording of how members are removed.
65 >> >> >
66 >> >> > thread: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/message/6b5093d69c006a47aa782f03497ba99e
67 >> >> > render: https://gist.github.com/mgorny/66e6a3b72910162c8aaccbd0b12e3906
68 >> >> > diff: https://gist.github.com/mgorny/66e6a3b72910162c8aaccbd0b12e3906/revisions
69 >> >> >
70 >> >> > 3. Allowing Council members to serve as Trustees.
71 >> >> >
72 >> >> > thread: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/message/eb6bea1abb21b8c8ae29d0d24394305f
73 >> >> >
74 >> >> > 4. Lower member quorum to 1/10.
75 >> >> >
76 >> >> > thread: https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/message/443c7d847564b0c4391b434db05d1f34
77 >> >> >
78 >> >> > --
79 >> >> > Best regards,
80 >> >> > Michał Górny
81 >> >>
82 >>