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 2D86513877A for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:55:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD93AE0A02; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:55:13 +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 1C524E0A02 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:55:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 2127) id 6DBDA33FE42; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62AE133F14F for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:55:12 +0000 (UTC) From: "Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto" To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council 2014 / 2015 election In-Reply-To: <21406.51012.786836.311830@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Message-ID: References: <539BD2E2.7030803@gentoo.org> <539E0590.8040600@mailstation.de> <21406.51012.786836.311830@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) 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 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Archives-Salt: ca288ed4-a6b9-47d4-8bd4-6be6489da4b0 X-Archives-Hash: 706be0feb87ec48353b01ef7d4aefeaf On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 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? As an election official I need to abide by the rules, so yes, all of those nominations are valid. > Ulrich Regards, Jorge.