On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 09:28 +0000, Duncan wrote: > Ferris McCormick posted > 20080606013721.06a5c36f@anaconda.krait.us, excerpted below, on Fri, 06 > Jun 2008 01:37:21 +0000: > > >> 2. As one of the first priorities will be setting policy for pending > >> appeals what policy do you propose ? > > > I'd also add two new requirements: > > 1. Any appeal must be heard and decided within xxx days; > > Not to seem disrespectful, but "Or what?" Or it succeeds. Council may not pocket veto an appeal. > > Seriously, "or the appeal automatically succeeds."? Or, "or the appeal > automatically fails."? Does it matter what the appeal is (the scope of > the question wasn't limited to the current situation, so the answer must > apply in broad scope as well)? > Any appeal. > I'd urge being careful here, because it a similar failure to spell out > the details that triggered what amounted to a bit of a constitutional > crisis, tho the worst now seems past, I believe with the correct decision > being made. (My thanks to all involved.) > > So the "or what" matters, as does the scope, which is why I'm asking > about it. > > -- > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)