On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 04:47:08PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote: > Dear Technical Board,
> The DMB have agreed to my proposal below. Please could you now consider > approving it? +1. > On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 08:18:38PM +0000, Robie Basak wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The terms of three current DMB members will come to an end on > > 2024-03-29, and the remaining four on 2024-06-16. > > > > Further to the DMB's meeting today, I propose the following: > > > > 1) Nobody else has volunteered so I will run the election (though if > > someone else would like to do so instead, volunteers are still > > welcome to step forward!). > > > > 2) I will combine the two elections to avoid having to run two DMB > > elections a month apart. > > > > 3) To make that work, since the results are ranked, the top three ranked > > candidates shall take their seats immediately, and the further four > > shall take their seats on 2024-06-17. > > > > 4) We shall re-stagger the terms by giving the top three candidates a > > (approximately) two year term, and the further four winning candidates a > > one year term. We'll align the expiry dates a year apart by extending > > the terms of the first batch as needed, so they'll end up being a little > > over two years. (Rationale: better than reducing the terms of the second > > batch to less than even a year and it makes sense to give the higher > > ranked candidates the longer term). > > > > 5) We'll extend the terms of the existing DMB members until the election > > is complete. If individual members wish to stand down, then we'll have > > to run the board with a reduced number of members until the election is > > complete. > > > > 6) If existing DMB members stand for election again (as I hope they > > will!), it may happen that some or all of the top three ranked > > candidates would end up with two seats at once. To avoid this > > contradiction, if this situation does arise then we'll instead extend > > the term of any affected expiring seats until 2024-06-17, assuming that > > the incumbent agrees to serve on the board until then. If not, then the > > elected candidate shall continue with only one seat, with a reduced > > number on the DMB, until 2024-06-17. > > > > 7) Various specifics above are beyond the remit of the DMB to determine > > and require TB approval. If the DMB agree to some or all of the above, > > I'll then ask the TB on behalf of the DMB to approve. This is the > > minimal effort resolution of the various issues that I think will work > > fairly for everyone, but if you can think of a better way to do it, or > > would prefer to defer some aspects for now, then please do speak up. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Robie > > > > > -- > > technical-board mailing list > > technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board > > -- > technical-board mailing list > technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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