From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K4XYC-0004EO-Aq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:43:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 51F7FE04D7; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:43:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from newton.gmurray.org.uk (newton.gmurray.org.uk [81.2.114.237]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDE65E04D7 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:43:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from newton.gmurray.org.uk (graham@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by newton.gmurray.org.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m568hrFG009121 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:43:53 +0100 X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.6.0.Beta4 newton.gmurray.org.uk m568hrFG009121 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmurray.org.uk; s=in200703; t=1212741834; bh=QtZDk1W3vmzPIwwAGogpaYsb7QxyAAgdUlsnte AtOP8=; l=849; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=FdOdWYaLPd1mhqkXFP0UmdxINH hU8mpysxmBBydPS4Qx6dTTmxWYQFyynIedKMuMcT1FSy82d0l8dO7Cm4rDulO06l9UU U4Ci+Yr1DWf/w/PhkBt6qo+lHD9NtkL6T5SKv33if/itApckxhCX0uZomSCwNBEaa3Y ca2csze89Co= Received: (from graham@localhost) by newton.gmurray.org.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m568hrng009120; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:43:53 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: newton.gmurray.org.uk: graham set sender to graham@gmurray.org.uk using -f From: Graham Murray To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-dev] Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2008/2009 References: <3c32f69c0806041700h42cc5110y34400ec34184e77c@mail.gmail.com> <4847B354.6090800@gentoo.org> <4848915D.60809@gentoo.org> <20080606060040.GB12196@comet> X-Hashcash: 1:22:080606:gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org::HJ5w9qVhshyUPn5N:000000000000000000000000000000RonO Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:43:53 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20080606060040.GB12196@comet> (Donnie Berkholz's message of "Thu, 5 Jun 2008 23:00:40 -0700") Message-ID: <87fxrrx8ae.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: d2a4eb65-f782-4136-83bd-34f6cabe384d X-Archives-Hash: bc001bcbddd0ec702db9a4417f183286 Donnie Berkholz 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. -- gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org mailing list