Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009

[Graham Murray <graham@gmurray.org.uk>]

Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org> writes:

> On 21:22 Thu 05 Jun     , Richard Freeman wrote:
>> Here is a thought - maybe the council would be more active if we only put 
>> half the slots up for election every other year.  I think part of the 
>> problem is that with the council starting off new every year it takes some 
>> time for them to get a sense for their actual power.  1/6th of their 
>> meetings are either their first meeting or their last meeting - which 
>> aren't going to be big get-stuff-done meetings.
>
> I agree with this. The lack of continuity is a major problem.

So maybe the rules should be changed to make it more like the local
councils here in the UK. Each Councilor serves for more than one year
(typically 3 or 4) and so each year only a proportion of seats on the
council are up for election. 
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