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

[Michał Górny]

W dniu nie, 03.06.2018 o godzinie 14∶30 -0500, użytkownik Matthew Thode
napisał:
> On 18-06-01 20:22:36, Michał Górny wrote:
> > Hi, everyone.
> >
> > Following the recent discussion, I would like to propose updating
> > the Foundation bylaws to provide uniform 'removal for inactivity' for
> > all Foundation members.
> >
> > More specifically, I propose changing the first two paragraphs
> > of section 4.4 (Continuation of Membership) from:
> >
> >   Full members who remain Gentoo developers shall have their membership
> >   continued until it is terminated in accordance with 4.8 or 4.9.
> >
> >   Full members who retire from the Gentoo project shall have there
> >   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.
> >
> > to:
> >
> >   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.
> >
> > (leaving the last paragraph unchanged)
> >
> >
> > This means to solve two problems:
> >
> > 1. Technically, the inactivity-removal procedure does not apply to non-
> > developer Foundation members, and given that unlike regular developers
> > they won't become 'retired developers', they would never be removed.
> >
> > 2. The active developer status restriction doesn't seem to have much
> > value.  On one hand, it probably makes sense because the removed
> > developer could reapply for membership right away, so forcefully
> > removing him seems pointless.  On the other hand, there's no point to
> > prevent Trustees from cleaning up the member list periodically if some
> > of the devs don't really want to stay.
> >
> > That said, I think the new wording would make the removal procedure
> > cleaner and more fair, as the removal rules would be the same for all
> > Foundation members and the list could be determined from a single data
> > source.
> >
> > [1]:https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Bylaws#Section_4.4._Continuation_of_Membership
> >
>
> Please present the full wording of what the new 4.4 bylaw would be (for
> clarity).  I think simplifying the bylaw to one class makes sense.  The
> same should probably be done for 4.3's admission procedures, having two
> forms of entry/exit doesn't make total sense.
>
> I think that Rich's proposal is good, we do need voting to ensure
> quorum.  Though if the voting piece is removed from 4.4 it can be take
> up by the more generic 4.9 (or added to 4.8 as 'not voting in x
> elections will constitute a voluntary withdrawl').
>

Here you are:

https://gist.github.com/mgorny/66e6a3b72910162c8aaccbd0b12e3906

Followed up on your idea and changed 4.3 as well.  Now all members are
admitted just the same, and added 'being a Gentoo developer'
as an obvious way of contributing to Gentoo.

I've also restored the old 4.4 'loss of interest' wording.  I think it's
better to be explicit there.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny