Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 20 nov 14, 13:23:04, Josh Triplett wrote: > > As a transitional measure, the terms of the current members of the Technical > > Committee shall instead expire every 6 months starting on 2015-01-01, in > > descending order of seniority; term limits then apply to them as normal. > > Since I've already messed up with the private/public replies I'll just > make one more post and then shut up.
On the contrary, please keep providing valuable input. :) > IMVHO: > > 1. hard-coding a date (any date) might provide "interesting" side > effects, probably easier to just use the date of the adoption of the GR, > with some grace period (e.g. one month), to allow planing for the first > expiry. Fair enough. That seems fine to me. > 2. The above reads to me (as a non-native speaker) like it would apply > to *all* TC members, not only those with terms longer than imposed by > the (amended) Constitution. ...it reads that way to a native speaker too; good catch. :) > Slightly more complicated, needs review from a native speaker: > > As a transitional measure, the terms of any current members of the > Technical Committee that exceed the limit above at the time of > adoption of this General Resolution shall instead expire every 6 > months, starting one month after adoption of this General > Resolution, in descending order of seniority. That definitely fixes both issues. I'd simplify the language a bit, given that text in a GR by definition only takes effect when the GR passes: As a transitional measure, the terms of any members of the Technical Committee that already exceed the limit shall instead expire every 6 months in descending order of seniority, starting one month from now. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141121163903.GA1566@jtriplet-mobl1
