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On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 7:29 PM William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> I read the proposal by prometheanfire a year ago also and do not quite |
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> see why it was so offensive to some. The way I read it it was |
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> basically making the council a committee in the foundation. The |
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> council would have still been elected by the developers, and it wasn't |
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> set up so the Trustees could remove people etc, so there wasn't really |
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> a way the trustees could control it any more than they control the |
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> council as it is. If I missed something, tell me. |
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As I recall the proposal was to have the Council be subordinate to the |
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Trustees. That basically means they can do whatever they want. To |
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the degree that the policy said that they wouldn't remove people from |
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Council they could amend that with a simple majority vote, just as |
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they can change the Bylaws/etc. |
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Keep in mind that in a corporation the directors are basically at the |
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very top legally. Any policy of the corporation can be changed at |
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their discretion. |
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This doesn't really seem like a separation of powers. This is simply |
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putting the Trustees in charge of everything. They could of course |
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choose to not intervene in decisions, but any decision would |
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effectively be appealable to the Trustees (even if the Trustees vote |
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to not hear any particular appeal). |
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If protmetheanfire disagrees that he was proposing to make the Council |
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subordinate to the Trustees he can of course chime in. |
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If the Foundation were in better shape I think a structure like that |
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could work. You'd simply vote the Council members in to the Trustee |
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slots, and the Trustees could choose to work as Officers. Then the |
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new Trustees would disband the Council so that the technical body is |
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back on top, and also holds the legal authority. However, right now |
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with the mess the Foundation is in I suspect you'd find it difficult |
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to find volunteers for the Trustee positions that people would be |
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comfortable having also run the Council. |
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> Regarding comrel, given that more than one person who has been removed |
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> from Gentoo has threatened the foundation with law suits, I can |
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> understand the trustees wanting to be in that loop. |
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Just another good reason to not have a foundation to sue... |
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Rich |
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