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 1L1ho4-0006WG-83 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:36:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B741E02A6; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72A63E02A6 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:36:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anaconda.krait.us (unknown [74.93.222.225]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13CFD646CF; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:36:49 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:36:38 +0000 From: Ferris McCormick To: gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] Re: Stepping back from council duties Message-ID: <20081116133638.665e5988@anaconda.krait.us> In-Reply-To: <20081116124154.TA6c518.tv@veller.net> References: <491EF351.8040200@gentoo.org> <20081116060043.GD23210@comet> <20081116124154.TA6c518.tv@veller.net> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/M7I2H3Mej+rCouiJ3M5YreH"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: f02ba0cf-c28e-4531-855c-fd43c0ac3fcb X-Archives-Hash: 24b39d60d1419d35b285dab8f94703ff --Sig_/M7I2H3Mej+rCouiJ3M5YreH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:04:58 +0100 Torsten Veller wrote: > * Donnie Berkholz : > > Since Cardoe was the last person from the council vote with a=20 > > distribution that's anywhere between "more positive than negative" and= =20 > > "even", I suggest that we leave the remaining spot open rather than=20 > > filling it with someone who the majority of developers ranked in the=20 > > bottom half of candidates. >=20 > The "bottom half" depends somehow on the number of candidates. >=20 > This is the ranked list: > | 1 dberkholz > | 2 Halcy0n > | 3 Flameeyes > | 4 Betelgeuse > | 5 lu_zero > | 6 Jokey > | 7 dertobi123 > | 8 cardoe > | 9 dev-zero > | 10 leio > | 11 welp > | 12 fmccor > | 13 ulm > | 14 jer > | 15 hkBst > | 16 astinus > | 17 ferdy peper > | 18 zlin >=20 > What is the bottom half? >=20 > By ranks: > 1-9 is the first half, and 10-18 the second. >=20 > Or did you already remove rank 18? >=20 > | * Whenever a member of the Council loses their position (the reason is > | irrelevant; they could be booted for slacking or they resign or ...),= then > | the next person in line from the previous Council election is offered= the > | position. If they decline, it is offered to the next person in line,= and so > | forth. If they accept and the current Council unanimously accepts th= e new > | person, they get the position with a 'reduced' term such that the yea= rly > | elections still elect a full group. If the Council does not accept t= hat > | person, then a new election is held to choose a new member. > >=20 > So your options are: > - Change the rules once again. Because you can. > - Follow the rules. >=20 Based on that, it looks like the alternative to moving further down the list is to hold an election for the open spot. That seems more reasonable than leaving it open because the next election is several months away. And something might come along that needs a tie breaker vote. By the way, the final ranking only shows an ordering by preference. It does not say anything about whether or not the developer community would not want any of these candidates as council members. While we are at it, please remove my name from the list no matter how this gets decided. As a trustee, I am now not allowed to sit on Council Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) --Sig_/M7I2H3Mej+rCouiJ3M5YreH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkgIe4ACgkQQa6M3+I///cmDgCfXvOALwcZyiLnPh4m00HQ9SwI 24UAn121c00xDwER8hLHDJ2c+0KWeZ29 =4kLc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/M7I2H3Mej+rCouiJ3M5YreH--