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 1L1lqf-0006e1-6J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:55:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2BE10E033F; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0087DE033F for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (c-98-246-79-112.hsd1.or.comcast.net [98.246.79.112]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBC6A64796 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:55:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:55:46 -0800 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] Re: Stepping back from council duties Message-ID: <20081116175546.GH23210@comet> References: <491EF351.8040200@gentoo.org> <20081116060043.GD23210@comet> <20081116124154.TA6c518.tv@veller.net> 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; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MP5ln1Rcf9Bvi+ZW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081116124154.TA6c518.tv@veller.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Archives-Salt: 683aea45-bb37-48ec-937d-3c0019b76ef5 X-Archives-Hash: b1918780b03157a772aa3b315fe14af7 --MP5ln1Rcf9Bvi+ZW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 13:04 Sun 16 Nov , Torsten Veller wrote: > 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. Try thinking about this from a different perspective: What is best for=20 Gentoo? If the rules are broken, they should get fixed instead of=20 blindly followed. --=20 Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com --MP5ln1Rcf9Bvi+ZW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkkgXqIACgkQXVaO67S1rtvp1ACgqkan2rkclov9pjB6mPGyIdil +kYAoJH70uF6P2WFGSj2cC1q9RSdSrye =WDCZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MP5ln1Rcf9Bvi+ZW--