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On 2016.10.14 04:48, Matthew Thode wrote: |
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> On 10/13/2016 10:33 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: |
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> >> On Oct 13, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Matthew Thode |
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> <prometheanfire@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> Some definitions |
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> >> - All devs are staff |
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> >> - All staff are foundation members |
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> >> - All foundation members are staff |
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> >> - All foundation members are voting |
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> >> - You can be staff without being a dev (forum, bugs, irc) |
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> >> - Foundation membership is automatically revoked if you miss two |
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> >> Foundation elections (not sure if this needs to change) |
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> > So what happens, exactly, when a dev misses two elections? |
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> I'm not certain, I personally don't think that alone should be enough |
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> for retirement, but perhaps a probation for a year (til next election) |
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> then retirement if they don't vote again? |
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> -- |
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> -- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |
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Matthew, |
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Longer term, this doesn't change anything. I'll do a worked example |
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below, what am I missing? |
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May 2017, the above bylaw change is adopted by the Foundation |
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Jun - Aug 2017, first Trustee election including the enlarged |
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Foundation electorate. The number of devs casting a vote is |
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unchanged from prior years so the turnout goes down. |
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Longer standing members are pruned in accordance with the two |
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year rule. |
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Jul - Aug 2018 the process repeats. This time, most of the |
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(conscript) devs who became Foundation members in May 2017 |
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under the bylaw change are pruned and we are back to those |
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having an active interest. |
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The problem is not so much the differing constituencies, long |
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term, that won't change. Its the numbers active in the differing |
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constituencies. |
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This proposal doesn't really address that. It aligns the |
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constituencies in May 2017, in my example, and that's gone |
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by the end of Aug 2018, two elections later. |
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How do you keep the constituencies aligned or does it really |
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not matter because only those interested will vote anyway. |
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Its not difficult for interested devs to become Foundation |
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members if they want to and the Foundation has always |
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advertised the recording date for Trustee elections in good |
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time to allow devs to join without missing the vote. |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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elections |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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trustees |