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On 01/14/2017 03:43 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> Motivation: In recent vivid debates the Gentoo metastructure and the |
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> responsibilities of its organs have been called into question by a vocal |
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> minority. Compared with how the distribution has been running over the last |
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> years, most of the proposals aim to adapt reality to organizational |
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> structures. This proposal instead aims - in a very similar way as Michael's |
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> SPI proposal - to adapt organizational structures to reality. |
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I don't think I agree with this, characterizing my proposal as adapting |
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reality to organizational structures is the exact opposite of what I'm |
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trying to achieve. I'd go as far as to say we both want to adapt |
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organizational structures to reality, and each of us may see that as |
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different. For me it's the legal reality. |
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I'm not sure the Gentoo Council being put above the Foundation would |
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work. Mainly because we'd still have the 'two headed beast', though in |
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a different way. The Foundation would be beholden to both the US |
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government and the Council. |
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Administration following technical requirements is mostly fine, however, |
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when a technical person tells the foundation to do something that's not |
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allowed then at that point it makes sense for things to be dictated in |
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the other direction. |
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I'm not sure I agree with [C]. I don't think the Foundation is looking |
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to tell the council what to do in purely technical matters, only in |
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matters that have some bearing in a legal or financial way. |
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Much has been said about [D] for why the Foundation should not oversee |
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Gentoo as a whole (even though legally that's what we already do...). |
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In the past the Foundation has been lax in renewal of some things, but I |
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do believe that this is something that is firmly in the past. It has |
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not been the case for years. |
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I think that any change needs to happen from both sides, which is the |
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main reason I tried to reach out to the council a couple of months ago. |
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Antagonism from either side isn't going to help things move along but |
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probably distract from actual goals (like this email probably is). |
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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |
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