On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:28:04AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Colin Watson <[email protected]> writes: > > I hereby declare my intent to resign from the Debian Technical > > Committee. The Constitution doesn't really have a clear procedure for > > handling resignations here; I expect the TC will want to appoint a new > > member, which I appreciate might take a while. Subject to advice from > > the DPL and/or the TC Chair, I'd be willing to stay in post until no > > later than the end of January or until a new member is appointed, or > > alternatively to have my resignation take effect immediately. Let me > > know what seems best. > > I would prefer you retain your seat on the TC at least until the current > GR concludes and we see what, if any, action Ian Jackson chooses to take > in the wake of that GR.
I'm willing to stick around for a while, but my practical ability to do very much may be limited, so I'd prefer not to be a lame duck for too long. > Particularly with Russ' resignation that I read this morning, I would > like to avoid resignations precipitating an imminent constitutional > crisis, so that the work to draft a proposed GR tweaking things like TC > composition, term limits, etc, can proceed with due consideration to a > natural conclusion. I confess to having lost track of what effect my resignation would have on things like the TC term limit GR, especially given Ian's and Russ's resignations. > > I appreciate that the timing is such that this looks like a response to > > Joey's mails, or perhaps to some other recent discussions. That isn't > > the case. I've been doing a good deal of refactoring of my life > > recently as a result of realising that I was burning out [1], and right > > now it's important that I make an effort to spend my Debian time on > > things I find relaxing rather than things I've been finding stressful. > > I completely understand this, and I suspect many of us on the TC are > feeling about the same way right now. I know I am. > > Thanks in any case for your contributions both to the TC and other parts > of the Debian ecosystem over the years. I greatly value them, and your > friendship, and look forward to continuing to be able to work together > with you on lots more cool stuff in the future! Indeed so! -- Colin Watson [[email protected]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
