Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again

2012-07-08 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:38:20AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Kurt Roeckx writes ("Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, > again"): > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:19:36AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > The way I imagine this working is that we nomi

Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again

2012-07-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Kurt Roeckx writes ("Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again"): > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:19:36AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > The way I imagine this working is that we nominate one TC member (me, > > I guess) to do the work of soliciting seco

Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again

2012-07-08 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:19:36AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Ian Jackson writes ("Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, > again"): > >Therefore, to achieve roughly the same effect, the TC makes the > >following promise. If any TC mem

Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again

2012-07-08 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 04:07:04AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > (a) the TC will use its own power under A.1(1) to arrange that > the amendment appears on the GR ballot as an option; > > (b) the TC will use its power under A.1(1) to propose and > its power under A.1(2)

Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again

2012-07-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again"): > How would we go about doing those things? I assume that, given the > constitutional requirement, the TC does actually need to vote on > amendments, so we would implement this by possi

Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again

2012-07-08 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again"): >Therefore, to achieve roughly the same effect, the TC makes the >following promise. If any TC member gives notice that the TC >accepts an amendment, then at least one of the followi

Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again

2012-07-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Ian Jackson writes: > What would you think of TC resolutions to start GRs along the > following lines ? [...] > 2. It is not practical for the TC to vote to accept/reject individual >amendments to the GR proposal. The TC would wish to delegate its >power to accept amendments, to avoid

Technical Committee proposed GRs, and amendments, again

2012-07-08 Thread Ian Jackson
What would you think of TC resolutions to start GRs along the following lines ? Thanks, Ian. = TC RESOLUTION STARTS = 1. The Debian Technical Committee hereby exercises its power in 4.2(1) of the Debian Constitution to propose the following General Resolution: - GENERAL RES