From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>
To: Tobias Scherbaum <dertobi123@gentoo.org>
Cc: gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-council] Re: [gentoo-dev] Council size & terms [WAS] One-Day Gentoo Council Reminder for January 22
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:01:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090212070130.GA3764@comet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1232647041.4164.33.camel@homer.ob.libexec.de>
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On 18:57 Thu 22 Jan , Tobias Scherbaum wrote:
> Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> > > I'm in favor of a fixed size of council members, I'd like to see at
> > > least 5 council members *if* developers want to change the size.
> >
> > What is your reasoning for this?
>
> To make sure different views are represented in council's decisions and
> to make sure the decisions are well-balanced. This can be partially
> accomplished with having, say, 3 council members, of course - but well,
> it's 5 to make sure.
Listening to different views can also be accomplished by simply having
an open discussion before making a decision. I don't think there is any
requirement that these views are reflected in a decision, just that they
are considered (and perhaps discarded).
--
Thanks,
Donnie
Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com
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2009-01-22 17:37 ` [gentoo-council] Re: [gentoo-dev] Council size & terms [WAS] One-Day Gentoo Council Reminder for January 22 Donnie Berkholz
2009-01-22 17:57 ` Tobias Scherbaum
2009-02-12 7:01 ` Donnie Berkholz [this message]
2009-01-22 19:31 ` Petteri Räty
2009-01-23 12:42 ` Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
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