[gentoo-project] [PATCH 3/6] glep-0039: Replace leaving council members by next in line

[Ulrich Müller]

Accepted in the 2007-02-08 council meeting. Wording slightly updated,
in order to clarify that even after an election the new council member
will get a reduced term.

This is already current practice and was followed by the council
several times in the past: 2007-03-08 (uberlord), 2007-06-14 (jaervosz),
2008-09-11 (cardoe), 2009-02-26 (leio), 2009-05-28 (ulm),
2011-01-11 (patrick).

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@g.o>
---
 glep-0039.rst | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/glep-0039.rst b/glep-0039.rst
index e2fe477..7443ae1 100644
--- a/glep-0039.rst
+++ b/glep-0039.rst
@@ -148,9 +148,15 @@ B. Global issues will be decided by an elected Gentoo council.
       two consecutive meetings, they are marked as a slacker.
    *  If a council member who has been marked a slacker misses any further
       meeting (or their appointed proxy doesn't show up), they lose their
-      position and a new election is held to replace that person. The newly
-      elected council member gets a 'reduced' term so that the yearly
-      elections still elect a full group.
+      position.
+   *  Whenever a member of the council loses their position (the reason
+      is irrelevant; e.g. they resign or they are booted for slacking),
+      then the next person in line from the previous council election
+      is offered the position.  If they accept and the current council
+      unanimously accepts the new person, they get the position.
+      Otherwise, it is offered to the next person in line, and so forth.
+      The new member gets a 'reduced' term so that the yearly elections
+      still elect a full group.
    *  Council members who have previously been booted for excessive slacking
       may stand for future elections, including the election for their
       replacement. They should, however, justify their slackerness, and
-- 
2.38.1