Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Council constituent meeting 30 July 2013 at 19:00 UTC

[Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@gentoo.org>]

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On 2013.07.22 22:51, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Roy Bamford 
> <neddyseagoon@gentoo.org>
[snip]
> >
> > Please keep voting in public.  Its good for accountability.
> > If not in IRC, find a way to publish who voted and now.
> > Council do not get a secret ballot.
> 
> Agreed.  I don't think the intent of that item was ever to REPLACE
> in-person voting with email.  I think the intent was to allow for it
> so that when a critical issue comes up a week after the agenda is
> already set that everybody doesn't have to wait 5 weeks for the
> following council meeting.  It seems really odd to have a 100-post
> flamewar with no immediate action, and then to dredge up the topic a
> month later and vote, and then have another 100-post flameware to 
> talk
> about the outcome.  I don't think we need off-the-cuff decisions, but
> if a topic is ripe for a decision we should have a way to actually
> take care of it.
> 
> Public debate and votes only make sense.  Bugs might be a useful way
> to record this (much as is done with the trustees).
> 
> Rich
> 

Rich,

I'm fine with voting via email when its needed, or even all the time as 
long as the votes are published.

You have addressed my concern. 

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Regards,

Roy Bamford
(Neddyseagoon) a member of
elections
gentoo-ops
forum-mods
trustees

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