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Hi Matthew, |
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017, at 04:59 CST, Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o> wrote: |
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> I think I'm leaning towards |
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> the 'board' being what is currently trustees + hr(comrel) + pr + infra. |
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> Under that would go what is currently being done by council. |
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I am a bit astonished by the sudden proposal to centralize more power |
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under the Gentoo Foundation, A US based non-profit. As was laid out by |
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ulm and dilfridge, there are a number of severe legal uncertainties for |
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non-US citizens participating in such a construct and frankly speaking I |
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do not see the need for it. On the contrary. |
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- It is my firm believe that it is *vital* for an open source project |
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that essentially consists of volunteers from around the world to be |
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organized as a community and not as a legal entity under some |
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jurisdiction. |
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Therefore the status quo makes a lot of sense: |
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- the developer community organizing itself |
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- the Foundation taking care of legal matters (finances and |
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infrastructure) that need a legal entity in some jurisdiction |
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The vital bit is the fact that the developer community is |
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self-organizing and this includes the power to decide who is a member |
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and who is not. |
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- Now, all you essentially propose is to shift the "hr(comrel)" part to |
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the Foundation - all the rest (trustees, pr, and infra) it is already |
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in charge of. |
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So, why is it important to give the Foundation the power to decide |
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over the "hr" part of the Gentoo developer community? |
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If it is just about comrel, well, we can easily reorganize comrel |
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into an elected body (by the Gentoo developer community) similarly to |
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the council. |
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I do not see any necessity for the Foundation to be involved in the |
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self organization of the developer community. On the contrary, there |
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is the danger that a strengthened Foundation will severely undermine |
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the authority of our developer community procedures, with |
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- trustees being able to overrule the council on technical and |
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community decisions |
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- trustees being able to overrule our (developer) recruiting |
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process |
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So, as a trustee (and the one proposing this move), why do you want to |
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have this power presiding over the developer community? |
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Best, |
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Matthias |
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