[gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

[William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org>]

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Hi all,

The council can't make this change since it is a glep 39 change, so I am
bringing it to the community for discussion -- I assume there would need
to be a full dev vote to make it happen.

I feel that council members should not be members of projects whose
actions can be appealed to the council like qa or comrel. I have felt
this way for a long time, because I think it compromises the full
council's ability to vote fairly on appeals.

As a member of the council who would be affected by this, if it passes
and I run and am elected to council again, I would have no problem with
stepping down from QA.

Attached is a patch for glep 39 which will make this change.

Thoughts?

William


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diff --git a/glep-0039.rst b/glep-0039.rst
index c458450..d3e71df 100644
--- a/glep-0039.rst
+++ b/glep-0039.rst
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ B. Global issues will be decided by an elected Gentoo council.
       election for *all* places must be held within a month. The 'one year'
       is then reset from that point.
    *  Disciplinary actions may be appealed to the council.
+   *  A council member must not concurrently be a member of a project
+     whose actions can be appealed to the council such as QA or Comrel.
+     Members of these projects may run for council under the
+     understanding that if they are elected they will be removed from
+     these projects until they leave the council.
    *  A proxy must not be an existing council member, and any single person
       may not be a proxy for more than one council member at any given
       meeting.
@@ -204,6 +209,10 @@ So, does this proposal solve any of the previously-mentioned problems?
 
 8. This proposal has nothing to say about GLEPs.
 
+9. If council members are also members of projects whose actions can
+   be appealed to the council, the full council cannot vote fairly on
+   appeals from those projects.
+
 References
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