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On 2008.06.12 15:34, Richard Freeman wrote: |
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> Currently they are essentially the same. However, the reason I bring |
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> this up is that there is some debate over whether the foundation |
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> membership should be substantially expanded beyond just gentoo devs |
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> (possibly including end-users, or those willing to pay a membership |
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> fee |
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> of some sort). These kinds of situations could lead to the sorts of |
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> conflicts I'd like to avoid, as now you have two boards with |
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> different |
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> agendas in charge of aspects of the same project. |
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> gentoo-nfp@l.g.o mailing list |
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The constituencies are not the same but today, under the draft bylaws, |
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they are diverging. That is something the trustees need to fix in the |
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first formal adoption of bylaws. |
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To vote in a council election, developers must have been developers for |
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a year (from memory). Thus the council represents the views of that |
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group of developers. Also, only developers may serve as councilors. |
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To qualify to vote in a trustee election, the electorate is formed from |
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foundation member and those eligible to become a foundation member. |
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At present, you become a foundation member by voting in a trustee |
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election. To be an eligible non-member, you need to have been a |
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developer for a year. Read that a few times, its a little circular. |
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This means that the foundation represents its members who are all the |
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dev's who have ever voted in an election. Only foundation members may |
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serve as trustees. |
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Under present draft bylaws foundation membership never lapses so such |
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famous past developers as drobbins (our first president) have votes and |
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could become trustees. Thus under present draft bylaws the foundation |
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becomes more representative of members who are ex devs, simply because |
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one day, ex devs members will outnumber active dev members. |
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Note that elegible active devs who have never voted in a trustee |
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election are not foundation members. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(NeddySeagoon) a member of |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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treecleaners |
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trustees |
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