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On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 21:44 -0700, Chrissy Fullam wrote: |
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> >as I'm not the only |
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> one discussing this it must be viewed as worth other people's time. |
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Who else is participating? Alec was responding to your questioning with |
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reasoning. Rich came from left field. Blackace is commenting on my |
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response. So who else is discussing this? |
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Not a single person has made a single post on the recently voted in |
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bylaws other than Chrissy. There are other much more questionable |
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subjects and sections in the bylaws. But those are being ignored. |
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Why this one section? Hmm, well as stated and as history shows. Chrissy |
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have a personal connection to someone who was on both council and |
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trustees. While this has really nothing to do with them specifically. |
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It's not hard to make the connection to why this particular section is |
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being singled out and focus'd on. But mostly a single individual, not my |
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multiple. |
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Not a single person on council has said anything. Or any of the 200+ |
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developers/foundation members. So we have less than 1% here speaking up. |
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Really just one person. |
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> The discussion is worthwhile to me, I want to |
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> understand the reasoning behind the new rule. I may not agree to it and I |
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> can accept that, but it is entirely within my right to ask for |
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> clarification. |
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It's not right for every decision or action to be questioned and |
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justified. That will not lead to productivity. The trustees and |
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foundation do not have to answer to every member individually. In fact |
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given the structure, or lack their of. There is no one or nothing above |
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trustees, not council, etc. Just as the trustees are not over the |
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council. |
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So really trustees could do what they like, and only recourse would be |
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to not vote for them next time. Then to reverse anything after the fact. |
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No amount of questioning, bitching, protesting, etc. Will change the |
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trustees actions and opinions. Unless they allow it to. |
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Which that alone, one might say hey the bylaws should address that. But |
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instead of focusing on real sections of the bylaws and looking to |
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improve. We are nit picking on a minor section that is not likely to |
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effect many if any. Since in the history of Gentoo there has only been |
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one to be on both trustees and council. Which means it's not likely to |
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re-occur. So any rules preventing such are quite minor and pretty moot. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |