Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-nfp] Gentoo Foundation: A second election

[Rich Freeman]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 7:04 PM Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
>
> I don't believe it is permissible to appoint 'a cousin.' Trustees must
> be Gentoo Foundation members and probably also must be active
> developers (per section 5.2 of the bylaws.)

While I certainly don't advocate it, the Trustees can appoint anyone
they wish as a member.  They don't need to be a developer.  There is a
hoop for non-devs to jump through, but the Trustees are the sole judge
of whether the hoop was jumped through.

You need to be a developer to stand for election as a Trustee, not to
be a Trustee.

Like I said, I don't advocate for it, but in practice boards of
organizations tend to have quite a bit of leeway legally.  This is why
it isn't great if nobody wants to be on them...

-- 
Rich