On Fri, Oct 24 2008, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> I believe, very strongly, that the important distinction between someone > who is a member of Debian and someone who is not is that the member may > vote in Debian matters. > Further, I do believe that being able to upload packages is another very > fundamental right for a member in the Debian project: our operating > system is divided into packages, and development of the system is what > we do. > * Membership in the project gives both voting and upload rights. > * Membership ends 24 months after they're given, or after the latest > participation in a vote arranged by the project's Secretary. Members > may retire themselves earlier, of course. Given the above, retention of membership should be dependent on a vote and/or package uploads, since those are the defining characteristics of a developer. Sending an email should not count, since anyone may send emails, and if you are not exercising your rights as a DD, you do not need to be one. > * Members may be expelled via the normal General Resolution process, with > a simple majority. Ftpmasters may temporarily limit upload rights in an > emergency. So expulsion by DAM's is a power you are proposing to remove? Or is this in addition? manoj -- Football is a game designed to keep coalminers off the streets. Jimmy Breslin Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]