Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

[Matthew Thode]

On 18-02-12 08:53:24, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> How about if they just abstain from any votes where there may be a conflict
> of interest? I would hate to limit the ability of people to contribute
> technically just because they were elected to council.
>
> On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 3:42 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The council can't make this change since it is a glep 39 change, so I am
> > bringing it to the community for discussion -- I assume there would need
> > to be a full dev vote to make it happen.
> >
> > I feel that council members should not be members of projects whose
> > actions can be appealed to the council like qa or comrel. I have felt
> > this way for a long time, because I think it compromises the full
> > council's ability to vote fairly on appeals.
> >
> > As a member of the council who would be affected by this, if it passes
> > and I run and am elected to council again, I would have no problem with
> > stepping down from QA.
> >
> > Attached is a patch for glep 39 which will make this change.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >

I've thought a similiar thing, if we go this route we also need to
ensure that a managed group does not obtain over 50% of the council
seats as that mean they can't vote if they all obstain.

-- 
Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)