On 11/28/06, Michael A. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm not a userrep, but I was under the impression that it was an elected position (elected by the general user-ship of Gentoo). Not that I don't like djay-il, but if a userrep is being substituted shouldn't the process involve the users' opinions again? (Granted, I'm unfamiliar with what's going on, if it's a short-term substitution just ignore me.)
IMO having another nomination+election cycle is a lot of work and time, and not something we want to go through every time we need to replace a userrep. Remember that there are 11 of us, so you have to expect that a couple of people are going to resign or disappear during the year. One thing to keep in mind here: The userrep position was created by userrel, not by general users. That userrel chose to solicit nominations and hold an election to fill the positions is great, and something that I hope continues, but there is no law that says they _must_ do things that way. They could have just as easily limited the voting to developers only, picked their favorites, or drawn names from a hat. Thus, with userrel's blessing, I don't see a problem with us selecting a replacement internally, as we are only talking about serving out the remaining term, so users will get a chance to voice their opinions again in the next election. The alternative is that the position remain vacant. -Richard -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
