Hi, 2011/10/30 Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org>
> Hello, > > André Schnabel wrote on 2011-10-26 21:48: > > as we have discussed previously, the paragraphs about the membership >> committee in the current statutes draft differ in some points from what we >> have in the bylaws. I hope, I can provide a translation of the relevant >> paragraphs early next week. But I want to have some discussion on the >> matter already in the first BoD meeting. >> > > a short summary from the last call: > > - For the legal set-up of the foundation, we need the elected names. This > would not happen before December 6th. > > - In case we have authority approval for the foundation set-up before, > this would delay the set-up until the 6th. (NB: When we will have authority > approval is hard to predict, but more on that soon on a blogpost.) > > - For the inital set-up of the foundation, the founder (German association > of FrODeV) is free to name anyone for the MC. They will of course stick to > the voting decision. As soon as the foundation is in place, however, we > have to stick to the election rules set forth in our statues, and they > foresee a 45 day advance notification period of the elections. > > - In a nutshell, this means: We either can decide to nominate the current > MC as the first MC and have a "gentlemen's agreement" that they step back > as soon as the foundation is in place, leading to new elections about 45 > days later on. > IMHO, I don't see why can we not adopt this option. The current MC proved that was (and is) impartial and deeply focused on meritocracy, essential factors for an MC. For me, the current MC proved that's fully deserving of this gentlemen's agreement. I vote for this option. Best, David > - Or we indeed wait until the current election is done and nominate those > voted on for the first MC. > > Although it might mean a delay, I tend to go for the latter option. This > is much "cleaner", and as we don't know if we will have authority > confirmation before the 6th, we're basically talking about a delay of 2-4 > weeks, so be it. > > Thoughts? > > > Florian > > -- > Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org**> > Board of Directors at The Document Foundation > > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+help@** > documentfoundation.org <steering-discuss%2bh...@documentfoundation.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: http://listarchives.**documentfoundation.org/www/** > steering-discuss/<http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
