Re: [gentoo-nfp] Bylaw proposal: Amend Section 4.3. Admission of Members: automatic developer membership

[Roy Bamford]

On 2016.10.13 20:21, Matthew Thode wrote:
> On 10/13/2016 02:17 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 05:16:48AM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Robin H. Johnson
> <robbat2@g.o> wrote:
> >>> TL;DR: move comrel, infra, PR to Foundation. Have strict(er)
> application
> >>> of policies to them in line with their powers.
> >> 1.  I don't think we ought to be giving more power to the
> Foundation
> >> until the Foundation membership is re-aligned with the distro
> >> developer membership.  We essentially have two democratic
> >> organizations with overlapping but different constituencies, and
> I'm
> >> not sure Gentoo could survive if they start trying to pull the
> distro
> >> in different directions since the community seems like it is barely
> >> above critical mass as it is.
> > Should we amend the bylaws such that all active developers are
> > automatically members of the Foundation, without specifically
> applying?
> > Thereafter, on developer retirement, failing to cast a vote in two
> > consecutive elections will end their membership.
> > Non-developers can still apply as before.
> >
>
> The problem with this is that the current bylaws states that we need
> quorum (defined as 1/3 turnout) to have a valid vote.  If we don't
> require voting we might loose that.  (unless we want to do away with
> that)
>
> --
> -- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)
>
>

Opt out rather than opt in will give us lots of members who never vote.
The  quorum may come from the NM statutes, in which case its not 
within our gift to change.

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Roy Bamford
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