On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:44:23 -0500 Richard Freeman wrote: > Lukasz Damentko wrote: > > > > "No individual shall serve as a Gentoo Foundation Trustee and Gentoo > > Council Member concurrently " > > > > So if dertobi123 wishes to run for a position of a Trustee, he has to > > resign from his seat on the Council. > > > > I don't think the bylaws say that Council members can't run for a > position of a Trustee. It says that they can't serve as a Trustee. > Presumably that can be handled by either stepping down from the Council > upon winning a position as a Trustee, or declining to take office upon > winning (that might seem counterproductive but it would allow one to see > who came in next before deciding which office to hold). He certainly > could run while still holding his current office. > > I think that this bylaw is counterproductive, but that's a different > topic... :) > I think we made a mistake, yes. -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees)