Re: [gentoo-project] [PATCH 3/6] glep-0039: Replace leaving council members by next in line

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Fri, 25 Nov 2022, Ulrich Müller wrote:

>     *  If a council member who has been marked a slacker misses any further
>        meeting (or their appointed proxy doesn't show up), they lose their
> -      position and a new election is held to replace that person. The newly
> -      elected council member gets a 'reduced' term so that the yearly
> -      elections still elect a full group.
> +      position.
> +   *  Whenever a member of the council loses their position (the reason
> +      is irrelevant; e.g. they resign or they are booted for slacking),
> +      then the next person in line from the previous council election
> +      is offered the position.  If they accept and the current council
> +      unanimously accepts the new person, they get the position.
> +      Otherwise, it is offered to the next person in line, and so forth.

Hm, apparently I have dropped a sentence here. The following should be
inserted:

         If the Council does not accept that person, then a new election is
         held to choose a new member.

> +      The new member gets a 'reduced' term so that the yearly elections
> +      still elect a full group.