On 18:31 Mon 17 Nov     , Roy Bamford wrote:
> When a member of the council resigns mid term, advertise the post and 
> solicit applictions from the developer pool. The remaining council can 
> then appoint an applicant for the remander of the term.

I actually like the halfway position of optionally appointing the 
next-ranking person from the elections (above "nobody" of course) or 
electing a new person.

The delay is a bit annoying though. I don't really see any reason that 
it needs to be longer than 1 week for nomination and another for voting.

> While I'm reforming the council, I would like to see the term extended 
> to two years with only half the seats being contested each year.
> The important thing here is to prevent loss of continuity.

I agree with this and have thought about it before. Thanks for proposing 
it!

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Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com