Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-24 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 06:40:22PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Anthony Towns a...@erisian.com.au writes: Would anyone else be supportive of a proposal to set a term for tech ctte membership? I just mentioned this today in our TC meeting, so obviously I've been thinking along these lines as

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-24 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 01:07:11AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 06:58:36PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: I believe a maximum of 5 years in a row with a minimum 1-year suspension before being able to join again would work well for our tech-ctte. I think 5 years

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-24 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 01:07:11AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: - continuity is valuable in a body like the tech-ctte, where there aren't that many decisions on a yearly basis (and hence, for instance, it takes time to get new members up to speed). You could get continuity by having

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-24 Thread Francesca Ciceri
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 01:07:11AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: - more generally, I think that all Debian core teams (if not *all* teams...) would benefit from a turnover process that requires individual members to reaffirm, on a yearly basis, their continued interest in keeping

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Francesca Ciceri (2014-05-24 09:30:26) Also: http://blog.zouish.org/nonupdd/#/22 and the next 2-3 slides. Very nice slides, the whole set! (and I mean the content, not the slick wrapping) - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website:

Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

2014-05-24 Thread Russ Allbery
Anthony Towns a...@erisian.com.au writes: On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 06:40:22PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Other bodies of this type take a variation on this approach (and of the reappointment rule you propose below) that I quite like: after each term, that member may not be reappointed for some