Re: Dec 15 voting amendment draft

2003-02-05 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello, On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 02:48:40PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > ie, the steps I'm suggesting are: > > 1. If there's a default option, satisfy quorum and supermajority > [this leaves us with the default option, and those other >options that satisify q &

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections

2003-02-05 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 03:23:05PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > It depends on how anal one wants to be. By that token, last > year we were in violation of the constitution since we started two > weeks late; this year we are back on schedule. > > If there is strong sentiment that

Re: Dec 15 voting amendment draft

2003-02-05 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:25:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Replace A.3 with: > >> A.3. Voting procedure > >> 1. Each independent set of related amendments is voted on in a > >> separate ballot. Each such ballot has as options all the sensible > >> combinations of amendments and opt

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections

2003-02-05 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 03:23:05PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > It depends on how anal one wants to be. By that token, last > year we were in violation of the constitution since we started two > weeks late; this year we are back on schedule. > > If there is strong sentiment that

Re: Dec 15 voting amendment draft

2003-02-05 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:25:46PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Replace A.3 with: > >> A.3. Voting procedure > >> 1. Each independent set of related amendments is voted on in a > >> separate ballot. Each such ballot has as options all the sensible > >> combinations of amendments and opt

Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

2003-02-05 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 09:20:13PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > you also did a good job at the thankless task of Treasurer. it's a crap > job, but somebody has to do it, and you did it well with regular reports > and updates and generally showed good organisational skills. I appreciate the compl

Re: Dec 15 voting amendment draft

2003-02-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Aj" == Anthony Towns writes: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 02:12:31PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Under 4.2 Procedure [for developers during a general resolution or election> , change item 3 to read: >> 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes and tallies results >

Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

2003-02-05 Thread David N. Welton
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IMO, the fact that you're confrontational and opinionated is a good > thing. the DPL should take a far more active and front-line role, > and set the agenda (for action and for debate). Agree completely. Bonus points for not leaving in a huff when thin

Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

2003-02-05 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 09:20:13PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > you also did a good job at the thankless task of Treasurer. it's a crap > job, but somebody has to do it, and you did it well with regular reports > and updates and generally showed good organisational skills. I appreciate the compl

Re: Dec 15 voting amendment draft

2003-02-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Aj" == Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 02:12:31PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Under 4.2 Procedure [for developers during a general resolution or election> , change item 3 to read: >> 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes and tallies res

Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

2003-02-05 Thread David N. Welton
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IMO, the fact that you're confrontational and opinionated is a good > thing. the DPL should take a far more active and front-line role, > and set the agenda (for action and for debate). Agree completely. Bonus points for not leaving in a huff when thin

Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

2003-02-05 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-05 21:20]: > one day an inactive developer will become active again, and they > shouldn't have to go through the whole New Maintainer process They generally don't have to go through NM again, just to submit their GPG keys. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL P

Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

2003-02-05 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-05 21:20]: > one day an inactive developer will become active again, and they > shouldn't have to go through the whole New Maintainer process They generally don't have to go through NM again, just to submit their GPG keys. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL P

Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

2003-02-05 Thread Craig Sanders
overall, i'd probably vote for you if it wasn't for the fact that you're against having non-free in the debian ftp archives. in fact, i'd be tempted to vote for even knowing that you're against non-free, because the majority of developers would probably vote down any attempt to remove it. you ma

Re: QUESTIONNAIRE: Debian Project Leadership

2003-02-05 Thread Craig Sanders
overall, i'd probably vote for you if it wasn't for the fact that you're against having non-free in the debian ftp archives. in fact, i'd be tempted to vote for even knowing that you're against non-free, because the majority of developers would probably vote down any attempt to remove it. you ma

Re: Dec 15 voting amendment draft

2003-02-05 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 02:12:31PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Under 4.2 Procedure [for developers during a general resolution or > election], change item 3 to read: > 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes and tallies results

Re: Dec 15 voting amendment draft

2003-02-05 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 02:12:31PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Under 4.2 Procedure [for developers during a general resolution or > election], change item 3 to read: > 3. Votes are taken by the Project Secretary. Votes and tallies results