Wouter Verhelst writes:
> 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 chair that someone sits on, but the
> s/Chairmain/Chair/ you apply does to me seem to
Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes ("Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair"
throughout the Debian Constitution"):
> I'm a native english speaker. English has far worse ambiguities than
> this, and it is easily recognizable for what it is. No one will think
> that Debian is proposing that we
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 chair that someone sits on, but the
> s/Chairmain/Chair/ you apply does to me
On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> A "Chairman" is a person. A "Chair" may be an object.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chair_%28disambiguation%29
"Chair or Chairman, the highest officer of an organized group"
Hello,
On 21 July 2016 at 10:15, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Hi Marga,
>
> I second this amendment, although it introduces a minor awkwardness:
>
> On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 03:27:56PM +0200, Margarita Manterola wrote:
>> - The Technical Committee and/or its Chairman;
>> + The
Hi Marga,
I second this amendment, although it introduces a minor awkwardness:
On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 03:27:56PM +0200, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> - The Technical Committee and/or its Chairman;
> + The Technical Committee and/or its Chair;
A "Chairman" is a person. A "Chair" may be an
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