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Hi everyone, |
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During the last council meeting, the question of tracking project leads |
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was discussed. According to GLEP 39, |
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[A project] may have one or many leads, and the leads are selected by |
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the members of the project. This selection must occur at least once |
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every 12 months, and may occur at any time. |
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The Council would like to encourage all projects to record who the leads |
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are and when the last election took place on the project pages of the |
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wiki. Having said that, the council understands that not all projects |
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strictly adhere to GLEP 39: they either operate without a lead or they |
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don't hold regular elections. If this is working for a project, then it |
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is not our purpose to tell you to change your practice. However, if a |
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project does have a lead and elections are regularly held, please note |
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that on the project home page. We're hoping to track the leads so that |
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we have a point of contact for each project. |
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Speaking from personal experience, I've never found the leadership |
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structure of Gentoo "oppressive". We are a loosely tied group. While |
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this has advantages it also has the disadvantage of making communication |
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difficult. So, its good to have a person, a lead, who is the point of |
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contact for the project. |
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Thanks for your attention to the matter. |
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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. |
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Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] |
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E-Mail : blueness@g.o |
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