Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Paul Wise writes: > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Paul Wise writes: >>> No-one in the thread seems to be reading Planet Debian, but here is an >>> alternative proposal: >>> http://xana.scru.org/xana2/ranticore/techctte/ >> I do read Planet Debian, actually. But that'

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Paul Wise writes: > >> No-one in the thread seems to be reading Planet Debian, but here is an >> alternative proposal: > >> http://xana.scru.org/xana2/ranticore/techctte/ > > I do read Planet Debian, actually. But that's not a proposal. :)

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Paul Wise writes: > No-one in the thread seems to be reading Planet Debian, but here is an > alternative proposal: > http://xana.scru.org/xana2/ranticore/techctte/ I do read Planet Debian, actually. But that's not a proposal. :) I will say that term limits are not, in my mind, any sort of a

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Anthony Towns wrote: > Would anyone else be supportive of a proposal to set a term for tech ctte > membership? No-one in the thread seems to be reading Planet Debian, but here is an alternative proposal: http://xana.scru.org/xana2/ranticore/techctte/ -- bye, pa

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-27 Thread Philip Hands
Ian Jackson writes: > Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members"): >> I'm not sure there's any need to say something about this, unless there's >> a perception that the TC's process for selecting new members is somehow >> broken. > > If we introduce a constitutional term limit,

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members"): > I'm not sure there's any need to say something about this, unless there's > a perception that the TC's process for selecting new members is somehow > broken. If we introduce a constitutional term limit, the balance of power between

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Matthias Urlichs writes ("Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members"): > Or, if we want an odd number of members, let three members step down > every two years. We do want an odd number of members, I think. And 9 is better than 7. This produces a very "lumpy" transition, where a third of the commit

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Michael Gilbert writes ("Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members"): > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > > I don't think this achieves the goal of rotating more project members > > through the TC. > > You could rotate people in to serve in place of the TC members that > are on s