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On Sat, 2019-07-13 at 20:59 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> On 2019.07.13 20:03, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 2019-07-13 at 16:50 +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> > > On 2019.07.13 14:39, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > On Sat, 2019-07-13 at 06:17 -0700, Raymond Jennings wrote: |
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> > > > > What are your plans regarding future relations between the |
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> > trustees |
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> > > > and the |
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> > > > > council? I noted that the council isn't even mentioned in the |
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> > > > bylaws |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I've answered this in detail in my Manifesto [1]. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Long story short, I believe the distribution should be |
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> > self-governing, |
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> > > > and Foundation should support it without interfering |
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> > unnecessarily. |
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> > > > This means that Council makes the majority of the decisions |
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> > regarding |
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> > > > Gentoo, and Trustees should work with the Council and respect |
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> > > > the decisions made by it. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > [1] https://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/trustee-manifesto-2019.txt |
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> > > > |
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> > > > -- |
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> > > > Best regards, |
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> > > > Michał Górny |
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> > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > |
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> > > Michał, |
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> > > |
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> > > The ideals "self-governing" and "professional umbrella" appear to be |
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> > at |
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> > > variance with each other. The professional umbrella will have a |
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> > board |
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> > > of directors that Gentoo devs have no say in the appointment of. |
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> > > |
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> > > How do you reconcile these apparently contradictory ideals? |
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> > |
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> > Just like with every other external company, we will need to negotiate |
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> > and sign a contract. This contract must guarantee that the umbrella |
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> > will give Gentoo appropriate freedom in handling its own affairs. |
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> > |
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> > We don't have a say in appointing directors of banks, service |
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> > providers, |
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> > CPA... yet I am yet to hear that we can't use their services because |
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> > of |
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> > that. In fact, with most of those companies we probably have even |
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> > less |
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> > say than with the potential umbrellas. |
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> |
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> We get to choose all of these things and change if we want to. |
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> An umbrella will own gentoo. |
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It will own Gentoo the same way banks own our money or hosting services |
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own our servers. The contract must protect Gentoo, and let us leave |
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the umbrella if they do not meet our needs. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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