On 10 Feb 2006, Anthony Towns told this: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:08:32PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: >>> That view, namely "other people may propose ballots that aren't >>> good enough, and it's my job to stop that", is precisely a >>> supervisory one. >> Often the role of a Secretary is a ministerial one, and which >> wouldn't include supervisory elements. However, Debian is >> different, giving to the Secretary a variety of supervisory tasks, > > That's not true; the secretary's position in Debian is primarily > administrative -- namely "to take votes amongst the Developers" and > "determine the number and identity of Developers". > > The two additional duties are exceptional: to stand in for the DPL > when he's absent (with the tech ctte chair), and to adjudicate > disputes about the constitution. Neither is supervisory in any case > -- the difference being that supervision is an ongoing task, unlike > both standing in while a new DPL is chosen, or adjudicating a > dispute that's arisen.
And being responsible for the final form of the ballot. I also think that that includes deciding which peoposals fit on one ballot, and which require a separate vote. > That doesn't mean taking on a supervisory role is bad or improper, > though, just that it's not an unavoidable consequence of being > Debian secretary. It is an unavoidable part of being an ethical secretary, according to my reading of the position. manoj -- Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 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]