Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-11-03 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 06:35:14PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > > =DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT= > > > > Voting period starts 00:00:01 UTC on Sunday,02nd Nov 2008 > >

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-11-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > =DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT= > > Voting period starts 00:00:01 UTC on Sunday,02nd Nov 2008 > Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on Saturday, 15th Nov 2008 So wh

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-11-03 Thread Andreas Barth
* Peter Palfrader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [081101 09:26]: > Also note that 2K seconds puts any decision by a delegate on hold. I'm sorry to say but that happens only if the resolution says so ("If such a resolution is sponsored by at least 2K Developers, or if it is proposed by the Technical Committe

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-11-01 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:35:36AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: > On Sat, 01 Nov 2008, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > > > For reference, this will now not take place, as the original GR has been > > > amended to not include the decision reversal text. > > > > I find it mildly entertaining that this vot

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-11-01 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:35:36AM +0100, Peter Palfrader a écrit : > > Also note that 2K seconds puts any decision by a delegate on hold. The > immediate vote then is held to see if it stays on hold until the real GR > is done. So the only person who'd be in his rights to complain is > Joerg an

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-11-01 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > For reference, this will now not take place, as the original GR has been > > amended to not include the decision reversal text. > > I find it mildly entertaining that this vote did not take place > because apparently it takes "a couple of days, [...]

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, Oct 31 2008, Jurij Smakov wrote: > I find it mildly entertaining that this vote did not take place > because apparently it takes "a couple of days, [...] and sometimes > longer" [0] to set up an "immediate" vote. I'm sure there were > very good reasons [1] to not rush things in this pa

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-31 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 09:42:30AM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > As 2K developers have now seconded this GR, and the GR itself calls for > > a suspension of a Delegate's decision, an immediate procedural vote is > > called for if th

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-31 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > As 2K developers have now seconded this GR, and the GR itself calls for > a suspension of a Delegate's decision, an immediate procedural vote is > called for if the decision is to stand while the GR process is followed, > as per 4.2.2

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-28 Thread Holger Levsen
On Tuesday 28 October 2008 12:14, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > You could give them an incentive to do so... > WTF do you think did I do with my mail? Would you please start to *read* > before you reply? Oh, thanks, I read before I replied... maybe you can make yourself understood better and *write* p

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-28 Thread Joerg Jaspert
> On Tuesday 28 October 2008 00:21, Joerg Jaspert wrote: >> So, for the sanity (if any is left), could the proposer and all its >> sponsors, agree to not have an immediate vote on this, as it >> *WONT* do anything except creating needless work? > You could give them an incentive to do so... WTF

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-28 Thread Neil McGovern
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:10:54AM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:58:19AM +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > > Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think option 3 means the same as option 1. The decision stands and we > > > can later overrule it by a full GR if we wan

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-28 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Jörg, On Tuesday 28 October 2008 00:21, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > So, for the sanity (if any is left), could the proposer and all its > sponsors, agree to not have an immediate vote on this, as it > *WONT* do anything except creating needless work? You could give them an incentive to do so...

Re: Secretary? Delegate? [Was: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.]

2008-10-28 Thread MJ Ray
Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/07/msg4.html I've added Neil McGovern under Secretary to webwml/english/intro/organization.data Hope that's OK, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://w

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:21:41AM +0100, Joerg Jaspert a écrit : > > As I already explained none of this is implemented yet. None of this > will be implemented within the next few weeks. Joerg, in your answer to Aurélien, you wrote that your announcment was "a new policy to get implemented". Bu

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Joerg Jaspert
>> > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> > a1ea0fab-9ff7-4466-a951-99c712df8192 >> > [ ] Choice 1: Decision on membership reform stands until GR decided >> > [ ] Choice 2: Decision on membership reform delayed until GR decided >> > [ ] Choice 3: Furt

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:58:19AM +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think option 3 means the same as option 1. The decision stands and we > > can later overrule it by a full GR if we want. Or does option 1 mean that > > we'll also have this 2 week discus

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think option 3 means the same as option 1. The decision stands and we > can later overrule it by a full GR if we want. Or does option 1 mean that > we'll also have this 2 week discussion period followed by a full GR? It's the reverse. The sponsorship o

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:20:30PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Hi Neil > > Thanks for the prompt clarification. > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 09:49:33PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:23:37PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Neil McGovern wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:31:15PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > a1ea0fab-9ff7-4466-a951-99c712df8192 > > > [ ] Choice 1: Decision on membership reform stands unt

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:56:48PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.10.27.2028 +0100]: > > [ ] Choice 1: Decision on membership reform stands until GR decided > > [ ] Choice 2: Decision on membership reform delayed until GR decided > > I don't

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi Neil Thanks for the prompt clarification. On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 09:49:33PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:23:37PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Be

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 09:49:33PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:23:37PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > a1ea0fab

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.10.27.2028 +0100]: > [ ] Choice 1: Decision on membership reform stands until GR decided > [ ] Choice 2: Decision on membership reform delayed until GR decided I don't understand the difference between those two. -- .''`. martin f. kraff

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:38:55PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > Attached below is the draft ballot for this proceedural vote. Please > > send comments to myself 24h before voting opens. > > You have a total of 3 times "proceedural"

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:23:37PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > a1ea0fab-9ff7-4466-a951-99c712df8192 > > [ ] Choice 1: Decision on membership r

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 09:11:57PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 27/10/08 at 19:28 +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > =DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT= > > > > Voting period starts 00:00:01 UTC on Sunday,02nd Nov 2008 > > Votes must be re

Re: Secretary? Delegate? [Was: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.]

2008-10-27 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:16:53PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > As 2K developers have now seconded this GR, and the GR itself calls for > > a suspension of a Delegate's decision, an immediate procedural vote is > > c

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Didier Raboud
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > (...) > (one of the people who could ruin this vote is going away for a busness --->< > trip this week, and the other one is new at this task). > (...) > manoj You meant "run", huh ? -- Swis

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:31:15PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > a1ea0fab-9ff7-4466-a951-99c712df8192 > > [ ] Choice 1: Decision on membership reform stands until GR decided > > [ ] Choice 2: Decision on members

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > Attached below is the draft ballot for this proceedural vote. Please > send comments to myself 24h before voting opens. You have a total of 3 times "proceedural" instead of "procedural" in this mail. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Joerg Jaspert
> - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > a1ea0fab-9ff7-4466-a951-99c712df8192 > [ ] Choice 1: Decision on membership reform stands until GR decided > [ ] Choice 2: Decision on membership reform delayed until GR decided > [ ] Choice 3: Further discussion

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Oct 27 2008, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Why should we wait until next sunday? The constitution says: Because it takes time to set up a vote, and it requires attention from the vote taker at the beginning and end of the vote, and the times reflect the prep time required (one of the

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > a1ea0fab-9ff7-4466-a951-99c712df8192 > [ ] Choice 1: Decision on membership reform stands until GR decided > [ ] Choice 2: Decision on membership refor

Secretary? Delegate? [Was: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.]

2008-10-27 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 07:28:43PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > Hi all, > > As 2K developers have now seconded this GR, and the GR itself calls for > a suspension of a Delegate's decision, an immediate procedural vote is > called for if the decision is to stand while the GR process is followed, >

Re: Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 27/10/08 at 19:28 +, Neil McGovern wrote: > =DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT=DRAFT= > > Voting period starts 00:00:01 UTC on Sunday,02nd Nov 2008 > Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on Saturday, 15th Nov 2008 Why should we wait unt

Draft ballot for Proceedural Vote: Suspension of the changes of the Project's membership procedures.

2008-10-27 Thread Neil McGovern
Hi all, As 2K developers have now seconded this GR, and the GR itself calls for a suspension of a Delegate's decision, an immediate procedural vote is called for if the decision is to stand while the GR process is followed, as per 4.2.2 of the constitution. Attached below is the draft ballot for