Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-29 Thread Wernfried Haas
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 02:24:49PM -0800, Mike Doty wrote: 1. re-elect a whole new council. Seems to be overkill to me. 2. elect a new member at a reduced term to fill the vacancy. Personally i'd rather go with #3, but the GLEP also states: If a council member who has been marked a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-29 Thread Piotr Jaroszyński
On Monday 29 of January 2007 12:46:33 Wernfried Haas wrote: 4. The position stays empty until the next election (As long the number of council members doesn't drop below a certain number, let's say 5. I think we need odd no. of members to have a casting vote. Btw. I vote for #3. --

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-29 Thread Rob C
For what its worth, I think option #2 is the best. I think option #1 is out of the question and I think that #3 is flawed because the 8th spot developer's situation or commitment to the project may have changed since the last vote and in any case that developer would be free to partake in the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-29 Thread Roy Marples
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:39:05 +0100 Rob C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For what its worth, I think option #2 is the best. I think option #1 is out of the question and I think that #3 is flawed because the 8th spot developer's situation or commitment to the project may have changed since the last

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-29 Thread Ned Ludd
On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 14:46 +, Roy Marples wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:39:05 +0100 Rob C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For what its worth, I think option #2 is the best. I think option #1 is out of the question and I think that #3 is flawed because the 8th spot developer's situation

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-29 Thread Grant Goodyear
Ned Ludd wrote: [Mon Jan 29 2007, 09:50:28AM CST] Then it should be offered to the 8th person, at which point either he/she will then refuse the nomination and it's offered to the 9th. Rinse and repeat. If we run out of nominees then we'll need another election. Agreed. #3 From my

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-29 Thread Olivier Crete
On Mon, 2007-29-01 at 14:01 -0600, Grant Goodyear wrote: Ned Ludd wrote: [Mon Jan 29 2007, 09:50:28AM CST] Then it should be offered to the 8th person, at which point either he/she will then refuse the nomination and it's offered to the 9th. Rinse and repeat. If we run out of nominees

[gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-28 Thread Mike Doty
The subject of what to do if a council member voluntarily leaves the council came up at the last meeting. The glep doesn't cover what to do in this case. Here are the options: 1. re-elect a whole new council. 2. elect a new member at a reduced term to fill the vacancy. 3. take the 8th spot

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-28 Thread Olivier Crête
On Sun, 2007-28-01 at 14:24 -0800, Mike Doty wrote: The subject of what to do if a council member voluntarily leaves the council came up at the last meeting. The glep doesn't cover what to do in this case. Here are the options: 1. re-elect a whole new council. 2. elect a new member at

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-28 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sunday 28 January 2007 17:24, Mike Doty wrote: The subject of what to do if a council member voluntarily leaves the council came up at the last meeting. i dont think the voluntarily qualification should be there ... if a dev turns jackass and they get punted and they happen to be on the

Re: [gentoo-dev] Topic for Feb council meeting

2007-01-28 Thread Ioannis Aslanidis
Mike Frysinger wrote: On Sunday 28 January 2007 17:24, Mike Doty wrote: 1. re-elect a whole new council. 2. elect a new member at a reduced term to fill the vacancy. 3. take the 8th spot from the last election. i'd lean towards three here ... also, s/8th/next/ in case we shed more than 1