Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-12 Thread Timo Weingärtner
Hi, 11.04.21 09:53 Kurt Roeckx: > I think the best way to make the vote secret is that the DPL makes a > decision. We have a process that can deal with people not agreeing > with that decision. Let's suppose the DPL decides the vote should be secret. Some people might then vote based on the assu

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le dimanche, 11 avril 2021, 23.10:53 h CEST Jonathan Wiltshire a écrit : > So I suggest the DPL directs under s5.1 something like: > > "The secretary shall delay publication of the the association between > identify and ballot on the tally sheet, for a period of not more than 90 > days, unless dir

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Didier 'OdyX' Raboud [Sun, Apr 11 2021, 06:00:30PM]: > For what I'm concerned, I don't "insist on making the personal views on this > GR public", because it was always clear (to me) that all voters' personal > views on this GR would end up being made public by the secretary on our > websi

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 10:59:16AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > I support this approach and believe the DPL should decide under 5.1(3) > that Debian will not publish the association between identity and ballot > for the RMS resolution. I too support the mechanism to achieve it but not the permanen

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le dimanche 11 avril 2021 à 18:12:56+0200, Micha Lenk a écrit : > Hi Pierre-Elliott, > > Am 11.04.21 um 14:27 schrieb Pierre-Elliott Bécue: > > > Those who insist on making the personal views on this (non-technical!!!) > > > GR public should be ashamed of dragging their fellows into denuding > > >

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Micha Lenk
Hi Pierre-Elliott, Am 11.04.21 um 14:27 schrieb Pierre-Elliott Bécue: Those who insist on making the personal views on this (non-technical!!!) GR public should be ashamed of dragging their fellows into denuding themselves for no good reason. I am really worried that someone could say that hold

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le dimanche, 11 avril 2021, 01.02:18 h CEST Eduard Bloch a écrit : > Those who insist on making the personal views on this (non-technical!!!) > GR public should be ashamed of dragging their fellows into denuding > themselves for no good reason. Just clarifying one thing here, to make sure there's

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le 11 avril 2021 01:02:18 GMT+02:00, Eduard Bloch a écrit : >Those who insist on making the personal views on this (non-technical!!!) >GR public should be ashamed of dragging their fellows into denuding >themselves for no good reason. I am really worried that someone could say that holding to our

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Colin Tuckley
On 11/04/2021 08:53, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > As secretary, I do not intend to make the vote secret. Given Debian's current rules that is probably correct. > Personally, I would like to see the vote secret. Me too. > I think the best way to make the vote secret is that the DPL makes a > decision.

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-11 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 09:29:21AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > I agree for the GR vote to be secret. I understand others came to a > different conclusion. I trust Kurt for making the right decision. I > will not complain about it. As secretary, I do not intend to make the vote secret. Person

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-10 Thread Charles Plessy
I agree for the GR vote to be secret. I understand others came to a different conclusion. I trust Kurt for making the right decision. I will not complain about it. -- Charles Plessy Nagahama, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan Debian Med packaging team http://www.debian.or

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Russ Allbery [Fri, Apr 09 2021, 10:59:16AM]: > Sam Hartman writes: > > > Thanks for doing this. I'm actually very comfortable for us to make the > > decision under 5.1(3). We cleraly cannot hold a GR in time to change > > the constitution prior to the election ending. And our constitut

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-10 Thread Philip Hands
Martin Pitt writes: > Hello all, > > Pierre-Elliott Bécue [2021-04-10 18:16 +0200]: >> After a careful thinking, I agree with Elena's opinion and would rather >> not make the vote private while it already has started. > > Ulrike Uhlig [2021-04-10 18:20 +0200]: >> On 10.04.21 15:33, Didier 'OdyX'

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-10 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello all, Pierre-Elliott Bécue [2021-04-10 18:16 +0200]: > After a careful thinking, I agree with Elena's opinion and would rather > not make the vote private while it already has started. Ulrike Uhlig [2021-04-10 18:20 +0200]: > On 10.04.21 15:33, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > > Le vendredi, 9

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-10 Thread Ulrike Uhlig
Hi! On 10.04.21 15:33, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le vendredi, 9 avril 2021, 19.12:26 h CEST Sam Hartman a écrit : I don't think changing our 25+ years worth of GR practice (and GR tradition) *right in the middle of a vote* will do any good; not internally, and not externally. Do I think we

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-10 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le samedi 10 avril 2021 à 09:00:51-0700, Elana Hashman a écrit : > On Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:12:26 -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > There has been increasing harassment of people based on what they are > > expected to vote on the rms gr. > > People on both sides have expressed increasing discomfort with

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-10 Thread Elana Hashman
On Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:12:26 -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > There has been increasing harassment of people based on what they are > expected to vote on the rms gr. > People on both sides have expressed increasing discomfort with the idea > of voting in public with the entire world knowing how they vot

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-10 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le vendredi, 9 avril 2021, 19.12:26 h CEST Sam Hartman a écrit : > On another list, there was discussion of the DPL encouraging the > secretary to make the vote on the rms GR secret. For what is worth; let me bring a slightly dissonant voice in that discussion. While abundantly aware of the conce

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-09 Thread Ulrike Uhlig
Hi! On 09.04.21 20:08, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 10:59:16AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: * A secret ballot, while contrary to the constitution for GRs, is not wholly irregular for the project. We use one every year for the DPL election and the tradeoffs are well-understoo

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-09 Thread Holger Levsen
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 05:55:48PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > That said, I think it's a *very* bad idea to change the vote procedure > during an ongoing vote. Really *bad* idea and precedence. Double more > so on a vote with shortened discussion period. > > (plus secret voting is a *really real

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-09 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 10:59:16AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > * A secret ballot, while contrary to the constitution for GRs, is not > wholly irregular for the project. We use one every year for the DPL > election and the tradeoffs are well-understood. This vote poses an > additional ch

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-09 Thread Russ Allbery
Sam Hartman writes: > Thanks for doing this. I'm actually very comfortable for us to make the > decision under 5.1(3). We cleraly cannot hold a GR in time to change > the constitution prior to the election ending. And our constitution > already has a provision for making decisions where a time

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-09 Thread Holger Levsen
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:12:26PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > On another list, there was discussion of the DPL encouraging the > secretary to make the vote on the rms GR secret. I'm not sure this is not leaking. > I argued on another list that[...] > Several people agreed with me, ande one pers

Re: Making the RMS resolution a Secret Ballot

2021-04-09 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:12:26PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > On another list, there was discussion of the DPL encouraging the > secretary to make the vote on the rms GR secret. If we're going to go this way, I would really like to make this change soon. Based on the outcome of this, people mi