On 2011.07.13 02:21, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote:
> Hello fellow developers and community,
[snip]

> Gentoo Council 15/7 meeting goals:
> 
>  * have the first public meeting of the new council
>  * set some base rules for the operation of the new council

Every council does this and its wasted time. The council terms of 
reference/charter/GLEP 39 needs to be changed to provide for council 
continuity.

e.g. Two year terms and elections every year for half the seats.
This avoids the two 'lost' months every year when the old council 
doesn't want to make any decisions because its their last meeting and 
the new council goes into 'headless chicken' mode at its first 
meeting.

Continuity of some council members over elections would avoid that lost 
time.

[snip]

> Gentoo Council 15/7 meeting agenda:
> 
>  * allow all members to show up (5 min)
>  * select the probable date for the monthly meetings (5 min)
>  * discuss desired model of operation (15 min)
>  * allow council members to present issues to be addressed in this
> term
> (15 min)
>  * listen to the community to see if there are any issues it would
> like
> to see the council address in this term (10 min)

The council should elect a chairman from their members and appoint a 
secretary. tanderson helping out in that role seemed (from the outside) 
to work well.

The chairman will avoid the non productive time during the meetings 
determining who will chair the next meeting.

>  * next meeting date / chair
>  * Open Floor (10 min)
> 
>  [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/utctolocal.html?time=1900
> 
> For the Gentoo Council,
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Jorge Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) - jmbsvicetto at gentoo dot org
> Gentoo- forums / Userrel / Devrel / KDE / Elections / RelEng
> 

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