Re: The furniture dilemma [Was: Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution]

2016-07-21 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 21 Jul 2016, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 04:02:26PM +0200, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > At any rate, we all know what an organization ruled by furniture is > > called: a bureaucracy :P > > And of course the staff will ensure everything runs smoothly. While keeping

The furniture dilemma [Was: Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution]

2016-07-21 Thread Francesca Ciceri
On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 04:02:26PM +0200, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On Thu 2016-07-21 11:15:57 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > A "Chairman" is a person. A "Chair" may be an object. > > > > I don't think anyone will misinterpret your proposed new wording into > > thinking the TC has a physical