From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A61E13877A for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:17:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34D70E0BF0; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:17:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A270FE0BB0 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:17:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.130] (CPE002401f30b73-CM78cd8ec1b205.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.224.181.112]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: axs) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C59A7340034 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:17:12 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <539EFC58.8060406@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:16:56 -0400 From: Ian Stakenvicius User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council 2014 / 2015 election References: <539BD2E2.7030803@gentoo.org> <539E0590.8040600@mailstation.de> <21406.51012.786836.311830@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <21406.51012.786836.311830@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 10dd8a08-a415-45ee-b623-a4f92cfc4523 X-Archives-Hash: c8a1bdb081f1b1f220a07ac095b64c2b -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 16/06/14 06:30 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, Jorge Manuel B S Vicetto wrote: > >> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Wulf C. Krueger >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> For good measure, I'd like to nominate these guys: >>> >>> To avoid any "legal technicalities" do these nominations >>> actually count? The announcement said "anyone can nominate" >>> but I'm not sure if this was intended to be limited to current >>> devs. I don't think it really matters since devs can always >>> nominate themselves, but I'd hate to see somebody accept and >>> then get called out on it. > >> Our rules are very clear: anyone can nominate and it's ok to >> nominate oneself. However, they also state that nominations must >> be accepted. So only the nominees that accept will be running for >> the election. > > Right, anyone can nominate. However, if someone is nominating > everyone who is eligible (with the exception of one developer), > then I would see this as a clear abuse of the rule. > > So, to make sure if I understand this right, you do consider these > nominations as valid? > > Ulrich > It is permitted, though, right? I think in terms of expediency, however, we should take an "opt-in" approach, that is only those who want to run should post acceptances and otherwise we don't worry about/require/recommend posting/seek declinations. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlOe/FgACgkQ2ugaI38ACPClwQD/cmsXVOnQHBB1MCQf6fY6GuET BXA7cJFUX+GvNT3ccwwA/RpsIX1f8hl/qtU9eGsIT6IgDRWkkvDhKHRmpBZiW2UL =V5Bn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----