-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I, too, would like to re-propose the General Resolution I proposed three > years ago. (This is substantively the same, with only minor wording > changes.) > > ====================================================================== > 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election > > 4.1. Powers > > Together, the Developers may: > 1. Appoint or recall the Project Leader. > 2. Amend this constitution, provided they agree with a 3:1 majority. > 3. Override any decision by the Project Leader or a Delegate. > 4. Override any decision by the Technical Committee, provided they > agree with a 2:1 majority. > - 5. Issue nontechnical policy documents and statements. > - These include documents describing the goals of the project, its > - relationship with other free software entities, and nontechnical > - policies such as the free software licence terms that Debian > - software must meet. > - They may also include position statements about issues of the day. > + 5. Issue, withdraw, and supsersede nontechnical policy documents > + and statements. These include documents describing the goals of > + the project, its relationship with other free software entities, > + and nontechnical policies such as the free software licence > + terms that Debian software must meet. > + They may also include position statements about issues of the day. > > ====================================================================== > Rationale: The clause being modified has been seen to be quite > ambiguous. Since the original wording appeared to be amenable to two > wildly different interpretations, this change adds clarifying the > language in the constitution about _changing_ non technical > documents. > ====================================================================== > > I am seeking seconds for this amendment. In the interests of full > disclosure I should point out that I do not expect the proposer of the > resolution I am amending to accept this amendment. This amended version > of the resolution does not create a class of nontechnical policy > document or statement called a "foundational document". > > (If any readers have questions about the amendment process, I urge them > to re-read section A.1. of the Debian Constitution[1].) > > [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution Seconded Regards, Bob - -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by: Debian GNU/Linux -> Emacs -> Gnus -> Mailcrypt iD8DBQE/a580n+Nh6TkNZVkRAkMwAJ4wAXS8Yi29uaZLw8lJnEiSzZeC5wCgu/V1 lTcakY0fl4Srtk+OzjQbqBA= =wrKq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
