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On 2019.06.15 11:00, Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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> On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:42:20 +0300 Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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> > Hi all! |
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> > Last year we had a good initiative: it addition to (or even instead |
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> > of) manifests nominees were asked questions by voters. So let's |
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> > continue this year. |
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> > I propose to have one question per thread spawned by this e-mail to |
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> > keep discussion focused. If you have multiple questions, please |
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> > start multiple threads. If your question was already asked, please |
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> > join a thread. |
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> > I'll ask my questions in subsequent e-mails. |
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> Gentoo power balance was carefully crafted over the years. However |
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> during last year that balance was disrupted: |
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I don't that is correct but it may not matter to the rest of the discussion. |
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When drobbins left in 2004, the Foundation was formed to take over the |
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assets of Gentoo Technologies Inc., which had owned Gentoos assets |
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while drobbins was BDFL. |
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At that time the TLPL, without the BDFL continued to look after the |
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technical issues. For whatever reasons, the TLPL became ineffective |
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and the council was formed to address that. |
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I don't have any data to suggest that the Foundation endorsed the |
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councils terms of reference or otherwise. |
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The point is, the Gentoo power balance just happened as a series of |
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responses to local problems at the time. |
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> 1. The same person can now be in the Gentoo Council and the Trustees |
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> board. |
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Its not new. drobbins was both BDFL (TLPL Manager) and one of the |
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directors of Gentoo Technologies Inc. |
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When the Foundation bylaws were adopted in 2008, the thinking was |
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that the council would put forward project ideas that needed to be funded |
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and separation of duties requires that those that want to spend the money |
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should be a separate group from those that approve it. |
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Its never been an issue since to my knowledge, council as a body, have |
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never requested funding for anything. |
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It would still be a bad thing if the trustees was a subset of the council. |
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The two roles require different skill sets, so I don't think overlap is either |
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useful or desirable. |
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> Best regards, |
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> Andrew Savchenko |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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(Neddyseagoon) a member of |
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elections |
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gentoo-ops |
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forum-mods |
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