On Apr 12, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Roy T. Fielding wrote: >> If you reject that the bootstrap is valid, then it should be obvious >> that you reject how you were elected. Note that it does not say that >> the initial list will be modified by vote of the OGB -- only that it >> will be admitted as the initial list defined by the approved >> constitution. > > If the only allowed vote is "approve all", why does the > constitution even > have OGB approval of the contributors in it?
For the same reason that people sign contracts -- so they don't spend the rest of their relationship arguing over the terms. There are some problems that you cannot solve. Sorry. It is our fault, and we knew quite well that it wasn't perfect, but we also couldn't see how the list was going to be constructed any other way (though I did not know that the people on the list had not verified that they wished to be on it). We simply decided that the alternative was worse. You can decide the same, or not. There are plenty of other problems to be solved. After the initial list is admitted, you may ask each person to confirm their membership or resign. That is after the bootstrap is done. ....Roy
