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On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Daniel Robbins <drobbins@××××××.org> wrote: |
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> No, you are misrepresenting the actual authority of Trustees. They have |
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> actual, real authority over the project as opposed to imagined authority |
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> that you seem to appeal to. |
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They have the ability to destroy the Foundation, certainly, and cause |
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a lot of fuss. However, the Trustees are generally reasonable so I |
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don't expect this to happen. |
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>> In the worst case Gentoo would end up changing its name and hosting. |
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>> I suspect this would only happen after considerable expense by the |
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>> Foundation to boot everybody out, assuming this even succeeded. |
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> So, in other words, if the Trustees actually tried to do their job, you |
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> would participate in a fork of the project and host it under another name. |
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I never said that I would do anything. |
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And I suggested that if there was a fork it would only be after quite |
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a bit of fighting. I imagine that people would rather dissuade the |
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Trustees and maximize the effort they're required to take before just |
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leaving willingly. |
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> But if you are continuing to participate in Gentoo, |
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> then you need to respect the authority of the Trustees, whether you like it |
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> or not. |
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I think the one thing this whole thread had made clear is that people |
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on the lists don't feel any particular need to respect any authorities |
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around here, whether they be Council/Trustees/whatever. People are |
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throwing around personal attacks and accusing people they disagree |
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with of having bad intentions. Nothing seems to happen when they do |
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so, and so they continue. |
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And those who seem to be most keen on seeing the Trustees end up in |
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charge of everything are also those who seem most keen to let people |
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say whatever they want to on the lists. |
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In any case, it seems like a silly thing to argue about. If the |
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Trustees actually did try to seize some kind of power you'd probably |
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just see the Council members run for Trustee slots instead. |
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Presumably they'd neglect the finances just as the previous Trustees |
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have, and I don't think it would be an improvement as it would mean |
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putting the finances in the hands of those least interested in them. |
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But it certainly would be preferable to having the distro run by |
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people whose jobs are so undesirable they're rarely even contested in |
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elections. |
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And the irony here is that as far as I'm aware I haven't personally |
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attacked any Trustees, and have been trying to bend over backwards to |
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indicate that I think the issues here are systemic. They're |
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volunteers and aren't exactly being set up for success. I get along |
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fairly well with most of them. |
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Rich |
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