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From: Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:43:56
Message-Id: 87fxrrx8ae.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009 by Donnie Berkholz
1 Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> writes:
2
3 > On 21:22 Thu 05 Jun , Richard Freeman wrote:
4 >> Here is a thought - maybe the council would be more active if we only put
5 >> half the slots up for election every other year. I think part of the
6 >> problem is that with the council starting off new every year it takes some
7 >> time for them to get a sense for their actual power. 1/6th of their
8 >> meetings are either their first meeting or their last meeting - which
9 >> aren't going to be big get-stuff-done meetings.
10 >
11 > I agree with this. The lack of continuity is a major problem.
12
13 So maybe the rules should be changed to make it more like the local
14 councils here in the UK. Each Councilor serves for more than one year
15 (typically 3 or 4) and so each year only a proportion of seats on the
16 council are up for election.
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