Christopher Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 10.02.06 05:13:11: > > On Thursday 09 February 2006 20:26, Raul Miller wrote: > > On 2/9/06, Christopher Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But why does the Secretary get to decide whether this barrier should be > > > set or not? > > > > The constitution says: > > > > "... the final decision on the form of ballot(s) is the Secretary's - > > see 7.1(1), > > 7.1(3) and A.3(4)." > > > > I think that's pretty clear. > > Sure, no one denies the Secretary the power to conduct votes within > procedural guidelines. > > > I think it's pretty clear here that the Secretary is not exceeding his > > powers in any way, shape or form. > > But it doesn't follow from the "final decision on the form of ballot(s)" > that the Secretary is the DFSG arbiter. You'd think the constitution would > have mentioned that. > > For instance, if the Secretary refused to include a GR amendment in a vote > because he/she hated the proposer and merely declared it "just plain > stupid", we can probably all agree that the Secretary would be acting > improperly, despite his/her constitutional power to decide the shape of > votes. So "final decision on the form of ballot(s)" is not some limitless > purview. And since the constitution explicitly grants developers broad > powers over defining documents, issuing statements, etc. (but not the > Secretary) it seems that the most sound interpretation of the constitution > is that the Secretary is not the DFSG arbiter, and should allow matters of > interpretation of the DFSG to be settled by simple vote amongst the > developers. This means refraining from imposing supermajorities on disputes > over DFSG interpretation, despite strong personal views. > > Christopher Martin >
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