Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:07:20 +0100, Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > But people heavily involved with SPI are currently concentrating on > the elections - probably rightly so. I think a conversation about > Debian's relationship with SPI is likely to work much better after > we see the r

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 11:47:12PM -0400, Joe Smith wrote: > > "Manoj Srivastava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:56:59 +0200, Bernhard R Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >said: > > > >>A GR should wait - within reasonable time - until developers

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello, On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 11:36:34PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > You, Sir, are an ass. I admit that this is a "non-technical topic related to the Debian project", but still it does not seem to be a useful contribution to the debian-project list. Could this discussion maybe be m

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 04:52:07AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Debian developers are given automatic status as contributing members in > SPI, and I know two board members have explicitly encouraged people > to be involved in SPI recently: > > http://wiki.gag.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2006/07/20#2

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 11:04:47AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I have never seen SPI explicitly solicit official Debian > project input [...] FWIW, I started receiving all the internal correspondence between board members when the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address was changed to point to me,

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 11:04:47AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > Yes, Debian does have a role to play when SPI is deciding whether to > > (for example) support voting software. The actual decision will of > > course be taken by SPI via SPI's channels, but Debian is entitled to > > fully pa

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 11:36:34PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Why? I have very little feeling for what SPI does, as long as > they do not lose Debian money for the third time. Considering all > SPI has to do is take in money designated for Debian, and hold it in > a bank (somethi

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Manoj Srivastava writes ("Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project"): > On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:54:26 +0100, Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Not all of the current and future SPI board are participating here. > > I think that is an oversight of all the pe

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Manoj Srivastava writes ("Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project"): > And this, sir, is an insult. When I titled the GR for changes > to the social contract editorial changes, I believed that is what it > was. Telling the world that I was not honest and above bo

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 23:47 -0400, Joe Smith wrote: > That is true. However this ammendment substancially changes the section > that talks about SPI, so it would be reasonable to have SPI's board look at > it if they so desire. > At best they could find some text that ought to be tweeked, and at w

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:54:26 +0100, Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava writes ("Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling > assets for the project"): >> As individuals, people who make up the board of SPI can already put >> in their input. Officially, the SPI board has no s

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:50:53 +0100, Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava writes ("Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling > assets for the project"): >> I am all for managing affairs between Debian and SPI in a >> civilised, friendly manner -- which should include butting o

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Manoj Srivastava writes ("Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project"): > As individuals, people who make up the board of SPI can > already put in their input. Officially, the SPI board has no say > here -- as individuals, they have the same rights as everyone else

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Ian Jackson
Manoj Srivastava writes ("Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project"): > I am all for managing affairs between Debian and SPI in a > civilised, friendly manner -- which should include butting out of > things that do not concern us. Should we have a say in whether

Re: Whois and Spamassassin

2006-07-24 Thread Martin Wuertele
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Whois and Spamassassin

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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:20:13 +0200, Bernhard R Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060723 23:50]: >> So not giving the SPI board oversight on how Debian conducts it's >> internal affairs is sending an unfortunate message? Perhaps I do >> think we should send s

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060723 23:50]: > So not giving the SPI board oversight on how Debian conducts > it's internal affairs is sending an unfortunate message? Perhaps I do > think we should send such a message; and indeed, we should consider > the creation of a Debian F