Sorry to have come into this so late, but I was tuned in to a different soap opera ;)
This is not the first time someone has requested that Bruce be "impeached" or removed from his post as project leader, or president, or whatever it is currently. This is the first time Dave Cinege has done it. Its usually not met with such unilateral support for Bruce. This is a testimony to how frightening an individual Dave Cinege really is. On the one hand, I do think most of his posts are hilarious. On the other hand, he's sent some that I thought bordered on "violent criminal intent". I believe in a freedom much broader than the GPL, but freedom is a right only as long as it doesn't become an instrument for victimization. I fear that I've come to a conclusion that may bring a fair bit of flame mail my way, but Dave Cinege has to be dealt with. We must revoke his license to victimize the community at large. He can practice freedom of speech elsewhere on the net. Please "digest-ize" his (apparently private) domain. However, please do not include the digest posting to debian-user (or debian-user-digest) as was the case a few weeks ago. As far as Bruce goes, I sometimes think he's a putz. But then again, I sometimes think I'm a putz, so there. That's a part of life. I do remember that Bruce was not going to pursue project leadership at all last "term", but then changed his mind and accepted nomination to the Board of Directors. He was later elected president by this board, behind closed doors. He then stated that this would be his last year as leader, a sort of turnover year. That, of course, has not been the case. I think Bruce has done an enormous service to Debian. His contribution has been so significant, I can't begin to thank him for it. He's done an absolutely outstanding job. But its time to pass the baton. I sincerely hope the "election" will be between more than just two candidates. I also think that there should be a formal term limit decided. Below, I have proposed such a limit. For all I know there may already be one, but recent posts suggest otherwise. PROPOSAL FOR TERM LIMITS I propose that all elected posts in the Debian organization be subject to the following term limits: All terms will necessarily be limited to no more than two consecutive years, unless there is no electoral challenge for the post. If there is only one challenge, there must be a fair election between incumbent and challenger. But if there are two challengers, and the incumbent has served two consecutive years, the incumbent is necessarily replaced by one of the two challengers. I suggest that this is for the greater good of the project. Change is good. It keeps things fresh. The above should apply to all elected posts, and all who hold them. If agreed upon, this policy should apply from this time forward (limiting any one post currently held by anyone, necessarily open in the event of an electoral challenge for the year 2000.) Since Bruce has already held his position for longer than two years, I suggest he consider the above policy request. If he finds it sound, he should endorse it and withdraw his nomination for re-election (although the policy would not require it until the year 2000.) This does not mean that Bruce (or anyone) needs to become uninvolved in the Debian process. Indeed, we have many contributers who are not project leader ;) Bruce was indeed a major contributer _before_ he became project leader. I suspect he'll be a major contributor in any event. This has been sent to debian-user since that's where I got the original thread from. It has also been cross posted to debian-policy, in the event anyone actually gives a rat's behind about the proposal ;) By the by, for the record, I think Bruce is a huge asset to debian as a computer scientist and as project leader. Thanks -- "Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace" -Albert Schweitzer Richard G. Roberto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
