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

["Tiziano Müller" <dev-zero@gentoo.org>]

Graham Murray wrote:

> 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.

I'd rather say that either the council people have to prepare themselves
better for the meetings or there must be more meetings.
This isn't politics but IT business. Changes are being made quickly and
easily. We don't need long processes but short ones. Voting every year
should encourage people to take that serious.

Cheers,
Tiziano


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