On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 18:12 -0500, Dale wrote: > Roy Bamford wrote: > > > > > > You agree that common sense can't be used and admit that a corner case > > exists that would in effect have the trustees pointing out to the > > council that they had made an error of judgement and need to reverse a > > decision that the last meeting made. I would prefer never to have to go > > there. > > > > I do not agree that an all proxy council meeting shows that the council > > does not take its responsibilities very seriously, rather that real > > life has hit everyone at the same time and they have appointed > > proxies. GLEP39 does not even set a limit on the maximum number of > > council members who may be proxied at any single meeting. > > > > As I have already said, I'm against the idea of proxies altogether. > > We should amend glep39 to remove proxies and ensure that council > > members are drawn from the developer community. Of course, that > > does not eliminate the possibility of the trustees pointing out to the > > council that they need to reverse a decision but it does ensure that > > decisions are made only by council members who are Gentoo developers. > > > > I'm just picking a random message so no fingers being pointed here. > > As a long time Gentoo user, I have to ask. Why is that EVERYONE on the > council must be there or have someone there to represent them? Would > Gentoo come to a end if one person or even two people were not present? > All that's required is a quorum (4 out of 7) to hold a meeting.
> I do agree that if a proxy is going to be used, they should be a > developer. If it is not that way now, it should be changed. I been > using Gentoo for years and wouldn't even consider serving as a proxy. I > would certainly not want to be a tie breaker on a vote. > > As a American that sees his own country's government getting out of > control, never count on common sense. Elected people rarely have any. > If they do during the election, it disappears after taking their > position. I think the vast majority of people here have seen that over > the years. > > My $0.02 worth. > > Dale > > :-) :-) Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmc...@gentoo.org> Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)
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