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On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 17:05 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> It's effectively in a class of its own. So far as I know, it's the only |
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> policy document that's been accepted based upon a global vote. |
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Ok, a global vote, that empowered and created the council. Which seems |
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to pass on that global authority under this document to the council. |
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What global matters can the council decide upon? And which ones require |
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all developers to vote? When and where is the line drawn there? |
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> What's now called 'GLEP 39' was originally an emailed proposal written |
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> by Grant as one of the things upon which developers could vote, with a |
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> second email from me proposing the slacker clauses merged in. |
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> The actual proposal voted in by developers was a text file in my ~ on |
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> dev.g.o, which was just Grant's email with my additions. |
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Ok, but once it was voted in. Who has global power then? Developers or |
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the council? Who decides upon global decisions? |
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> But that wasn't what was voted in. |
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Correct, and what was, to my understanding and re-reading the document |
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more times than I care to. Says the council has 100% power over all |
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global matters. Past, present, and future, period. No ifs ands or buts. |
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> It says exactly how to go about enforcing it. |
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Are they stripped of power? Do the trustees then call for an election? |
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Who decides on global matters in the intern? Simply stating they are to |
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be replaced, and calling for an election is not enforcement. That's |
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partial at best. |
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> An election has to be |
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> held within a month of the meeting, in the same way that otherwise the |
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> council has to hold an election once a year. |
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That would imply that from day one after missed meeting. We have |
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nominations, etc so that an election can start and proceed within a |
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month. Holding an election, is not starting an election. So if stated an |
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election must be held within a month. That's not a practical time line, |
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since we have a 2+ month election process. |
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So what happens over the next 2 months? No council meetings? No council? |
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Do those that are to be replaced still hold office/power? |
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> There's nothing about that in the accepted proposal. |
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Exactly, so there is nothing saying they do or do not have the power do |
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change that document/policy/glep. Or any other global matter. Even when |
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facing possible punishment and replacement. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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amd64/Java/Trustees |
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Gentoo Foundation |
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