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On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 8:22 AM Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:42 AM Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> > If Trustees can fill the vacancies, then there's no point in omitting |
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> > _reopen_nominations. They could still pick any candidates from below. |
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> > So, I think the procedure as announced by antarus makes sense. |
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> If the election itself fails to actually elect anybody, they can |
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> actually appoint anybody they wish I believe. (ie, if the reopen |
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> option wins they could just appoint drobbins or a cousin or whatever, |
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> though obviously it would make more sense to just appoint somebody on |
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> the ballot, preferably the one with the most votes.) |
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I don't believe it is permissible to appoint 'a cousin.' Trustees must |
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be Gentoo Foundation members and probably also must be active |
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developers (per section 5.2 of the bylaws.) |
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> They actually can do that right now without another election, though I |
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> do think the course they're taking is a sensible one. |
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It seems rather pointless to add a reopen_nominations option to the |
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election, then have a tie and not reopen_nominations. Hence my |
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preferences for this solution. |
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> We could spend a lot of time debating the ideal election process, but |
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> in the end if you have only three volunteers for three slots, it is a |
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> bit of a moot argument... |
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This is my biggest challenge overall; the community spends significant |
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time debating the 'best' way to do some things, but honestly I'm not |
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sure we always need the 'best' way; we just need *a* way. If the |
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crappy way and the best way generate the same outcome; I'm not super |
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eager to devote hours and hours of discussion to generate the same |
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output; I think there are better ways to spend our time. |
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-A |
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> Rich |
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