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On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 12:19 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt-ml@××××××.com> |
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> On Friday, October 14, 2016 11:57:01 AM EDT Raymond Jennings wrote: |
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> > > True, but it really does not take long to vote. That is really the only |
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> > > obligation, annually. |
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> > That's what I mean, a developer's vote should always be able to be |
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> > "abstain" if they wish. |
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> That is always the case with any voting, its most always elective. |
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> However maybe active developers can abstain from voting for the entire time |
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> they are a developer and not lose membership. Most discussion is around |
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> after |
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> 2 non votes you lose membership, maybe after another year, so 3 years of |
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> inactivity. |
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My point is that if they show up to vote and their vote is "abstain", it |
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should count as if they voted for someone. |
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> If someone is still a developer, but has not voted in 3 years. They could |
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> still be a member of the foundation, as long as they are a developer. They |
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> could abstain from Foundation voting the entire time they are a developer, |
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> yet |
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> still have membership. |
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> Maybe the lose membership after 2 years of non voting plus a 3rd to be |
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> nice, |
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> should apply to "supporters" or regular foundation members who are not |
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> part of |
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> Gentoo, dev/staff/other. |
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> In an ideal world people want to be part of the Foundation and active |
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> there. |
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> If the Foundation helped further development and the project in general. |
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> -- |
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> William L. Thomson Jr. |
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