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 1KaesN-0006qm-0m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:01:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0814FE07D6; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:01:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51B0E078C; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:01:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anaconda.krait.us (unknown [74.93.222.225]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE5EB477E; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:01:27 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:01:12 +0000 From: Ferris McCormick To: Richard Freeman Cc: Roy Bamford , "Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto" , gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org, gentoo-council@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] RE: [gentoo-council] Foundation by laws: new Article V Message-ID: <20080902230112.3d53752b@anaconda.krait.us> In-Reply-To: <48BDBB35.9060704@gentoo.org> References: <1220370495.3089.5@spike> <48BDBB35.9060704@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/GLADec5XDjvtU8uW+U.+_gU"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 42b7f94f-3c5d-46d5-8d1a-a13a50a7bead X-Archives-Hash: 3baf017b1fe7c46da5975b72727e4c8a --Sig_/GLADec5XDjvtU8uW+U.+_gU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Partial reply =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:16:21 -0400 Richard Freeman wrote: > Roy Bamford wrote: > > The three remaining trustees were also nominated to stand for election= =20 > > for the council. Had they all accepted and been elected to the council,= =20 > > today we would be in the position of having trustees being a subset of= =20 > > council. That would have totally destroyed the council/foundation split= =20 > > that was one of the reasons the two bodies were created. > >=20 > > We need rules to stop that situation from occuring. > >=20 >=20 > Is this the case? That we need to stop the council/trustees from > overlapping? Is it true that the council/foundation split was one of > the reasons the two bodies were created? >=20 > My understanding is that the reason we have two bodies is so that people > can contribute to either the council and/or the trustees based on their > enthusiasm or ability to contribute, without being required to > contribute to both. Also - due to the foundation being a US corporation > it is likely the case that we can't have non-US-residents holding board > positions. So, the split is a practical matter - not a matter of > principle per se. >=20 Richard, I guess you don't know that Roy (NeddySeagoon) is a trustee living in Scotland? :) Not a US citizen. There are two bodies because (1) the council is elected by the Gentoo developers to guide the technical aspects of the Gentoo project. It's members must be developers, I believe. And (2), The trustees are the board of the Gentoo Foundation, a New Mexico not-for-profit corporation which is separate from the project. The trustees are elected by the members of the Foundation and must be members of the Foundation. Not all developers are members of the Foundation, and not all Foundation members are developers, so it would be impossible to have just one governing body even if we wanted to. Which we don't, because the skills required for the one are not the same as those required for the other. So the split is a bit more than a practical matter. It is required because the developers and Foundation members are not the same people (although there is a lot of overlap, of course). > I wasn't seriously involved back when the trustees were created so I=20 > won't presume to argue that I really know all the reasons for it being a= =20 > separate body. However, I don't think that really matters - the only=20 > thing that matters is if we think it should be forced to be such today. >=20 > In my opinion the benefits of joint council/trustee membership outweigh=20 > the downside. However, I'm sure things will go on fine either way -=20 > I'll trust the trustees/council to make the right decision. >=20 I'll leave the hard parts to someone else. Regards, Ferris -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) --Sig_/GLADec5XDjvtU8uW+U.+_gU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAki9xcMACgkQQa6M3+I///fSIwCglSY2zRg0FNpQ/kev5Wf/i1Se j98AoOo+kEEZ0niThlWL0acIOLkCLyWL =wW9f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/GLADec5XDjvtU8uW+U.+_gU--