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

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

On 02/13/2018 03:41 PM, Aaron Bauman wrote:
>
>
> On February 13, 2018 8:51:59 AM EST, Kristian Fiskerstrand
> <k_f@g.o> wrote:
>> On 02/13/2018 02:43 PM, Aaron Bauman wrote:
>>> You make a lot of bold claims.  If only they were true.  There
>>> is
>> definitely one council member who has said they WILL NOT recuse
>> themselves from a council vote if a conflict arose.  They even went
>> on to quote the lack of policy forcing them to recuse themselves.
>>
>> As this is likely referring to me, it is a misattribution that is
>> actually more in line with rich0's statements than anything else.
>> A difference of opinion does not necessarily constitute a conflict
>> of interest, and I will not recuse myself on general grounds from
>> a council decision because I'm also involved (lead or not) of a
>> project.
>>
>> I explicitly said I _would_ recuse myself if there is a conflict
>> of interest.
>
> Right, you did state that. The issue is the misunderstanding of a
> conflict of interest as noted in my previous reply to Rich.
>

I do find it quite curious that while some are talking about too much of
a divide between groups of Gentoo, others are proposing measures to
further increase the divide by effectively having a council that can not
participate in any other project.

What about the conflict of interest if a developer doesn't participate
in any other project? Is it really that terrible that a project gets
proper representation in a council by having an active member if they
want to get some actual work done? Is it a conflict of interest that
other projects does not get the same attention, given that the interests
are likely more in the subjects the project a developer actually
contributes to and we should require equal representation of all projects?

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Kristian Fiskerstrand
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