From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KjJsV-0004m4-QC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:25:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F553E06D4; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:25:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.3.141]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 446C0E06D4 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:25:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [62.3.120.141] (helo=spike) by smarthost02.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KjJsT-0001PB-ON for gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:25:25 +0000 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:25:18 +0100 From: Roy Bamford Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] The slacker mark To: gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1222459023.6175.141.camel@media> (from solar@gentoo.org on Fri Sep 26 20:57:03 2008) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.3.25 Message-Id: <1222460724.1456.0@spike> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Originating-Smarthost02-IP: [62.3.120.141] X-Archives-Salt: 07588aea-ce0b-494c-94fe-19703e3b68af X-Archives-Hash: 37fef35238f983277f2ff3bf0487d6b7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2008.09.26 20:57, Ned Ludd wrote: >=20 > On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 15:26 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: [snip] > >=20 > > just make the replacement strategies the same. replacement for a > booted=20 > > slacker is the same for someone who resigns council/Gentoo or is > kicked out. =20 > > elections take time and are a hassle. selecting from the original > list is a=20 > > lot simpler. > > -mike >=20 >=20 > I strongly disagree with this method. People opt to not run for the > council when they see what they expect to be a strong council. So if > you > see you have 8 pretty strong devs and 6 weak ones running. That's=20 > good > enough sign to make you decline any nominations. As the people get > sick > etc this defaulting to the next inline can lead to results of the > council which could completely and radically destroy Gentoo. >=20 Solar++ Allow the remaining council members to recruit any dev for the role, if=20 the any dev agrees. Such recruits serve until the next election, when=20 they can stand on their merits. It allows the council (if they wish) to appoint someone who complements=20 the remaining members. It takes a little longer than the=20 'inheirentence' method but I would expect it to produce a stronger=20 council.=20 - --=20 Regards, Roy Bamford (NeddySeagoon) a member of gentoo-ops forum-mods treecleaners trustees -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjdRTQACgkQTE4/y7nJvauJxACglP5gfqPlOEQ5p5YpH6fHHUnB rDMAoInSUExtGCWmp9EKZjiM1DIB3Xiq =3DSJhY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----