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On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 16:01 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sun, 18 May 2008 12:56:49 +0200 |
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> Wernfried Haas <amne@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:18:49AM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > > [..] you're locked into what's now known as GLEP 39 |
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> > > until there's a global vote to replace it with something else. |
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> > Source? I don't see anything in glep 39 that says so. So as far i |
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> > understand it glep 39 is just another glep and can be modified like |
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> > any other glep. |
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> For the zillionth time... GLEP 39 was not a GLEP. It was one of a |
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> collection of proposals (that were not GLEPs) that were voted upon by a |
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> global vote. It was then *later* made available in GLEP form by Grant |
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> for convenience, but it wasn't accepted as a GLEP. |
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Ok, but where is it stated that changes, or amendments can only be |
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done/approved by a global vote? As it stands now, it clearly states |
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global issues are to be decided by the council. With no conditions or |
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stipulations. |
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It's understood how it came about, although I was not around at the |
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time. However once it's been approved. It's not clear who has the |
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authority to enforce it. Or if/when the council is stripped of power, in |
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situations where they are being punished and/or replaced. Much less |
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which global matters, like amending a GLEP ( or what ever you want to |
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clal it ), can they directly vote and act upon. Or which ones must be |
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brought to the developer base for a vote. |
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Also correct me if I am wrong, but this was voted in before there was a |
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council. Thus developers had no other way, other than a meeting of TLP |
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managers to decide upon global issues. So IMHO once voted upon and a |
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council was created to decided upon global matters. Individual power has |
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been given up, and passed on from developers and TLP managers, to |
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council members. Just as we pass on power in govt to our elected |
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representatives. |
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> Unfortunately, it seems that people are misinterpreting this -- it |
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> might have been better to document it as 'The Council's Constitution' |
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> or somesuch... |
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That would have been better. Also if the GLEP went into more detail, and |
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had other provisions. Like stripping the council of their power in a |
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situation like this one. Presently till replaced, if replaced, they |
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still have full power to decide upon global issues. |
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