From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D8610158020 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2022 18:21:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5BCEEE0AD3; Fri, 25 Nov 2022 18:21:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40359E0AD3 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2022 18:21:08 +0000 (UTC) From: =?UTF-8?q?Ulrich=20M=C3=BCller?= To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Cc: =?UTF-8?q?Ulrich=20M=C3=BCller?= Subject: [gentoo-project] [PATCH 3/6] glep-0039: Replace leaving council members by next in line Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:20:29 +0100 Message-Id: <20221125182032.18483-4-ulm@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.38.1 In-Reply-To: <20221125182032.18483-1-ulm@gentoo.org> References: <20221125182032.18483-1-ulm@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: aadad18d-97de-420d-9078-2ec46358942f X-Archives-Hash: 43f42046ba92ba4278b649709c670c4a Accepted in the 2007-02-08 council meeting. Wording slightly updated, in order to clarify that even after an election the new council member will get a reduced term. This is already current practice and was followed by the council several times in the past: 2007-03-08 (uberlord), 2007-06-14 (jaervosz), 2008-09-11 (cardoe), 2009-02-26 (leio), 2009-05-28 (ulm), 2011-01-11 (patrick). Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller --- glep-0039.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/glep-0039.rst b/glep-0039.rst index e2fe477..7443ae1 100644 --- a/glep-0039.rst +++ b/glep-0039.rst @@ -148,9 +148,15 @@ B. Global issues will be decided by an elected Gentoo council. two consecutive meetings, they are marked as a slacker. * If a council member who has been marked a slacker misses any further meeting (or their appointed proxy doesn't show up), they lose their - position and a new election is held to replace that person. The newly - elected council member gets a 'reduced' term so that the yearly - elections still elect a full group. + position. + * Whenever a member of the council loses their position (the reason + is irrelevant; e.g. they resign or they are booted for slacking), + then the next person in line from the previous council election + is offered the position. If they accept and the current council + unanimously accepts the new person, they get the position. + Otherwise, it is offered to the next person in line, and so forth. + The new member gets a 'reduced' term so that the yearly elections + still elect a full group. * Council members who have previously been booted for excessive slacking may stand for future elections, including the election for their replacement. They should, however, justify their slackerness, and -- 2.38.1