In my project leadership manifesto I promised to instute a more formal decisionmaking procedure for the Project.
On debian-devel we have been discussing my drafts for the project's constitution, which have evolved somewhat through that discussion. This discussion has now reached the point where we should begin the formal procedure for adopting the draft as the organisation's constitution. I've therefore made such a formal proposal in debian-devel, which will now be discussed and eventually voted on. See the thread `Constitution - formal proposal'. If you do not participate in this process now it will be difficult to change things later. The proposed constitution itself is on the www at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debian-organisation.html http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debian-organisation-0.5.html (the former will be updated as changes are made). This does not cover things like the DFSG, project goals, and Social Contract. These will be handled separately - the constitution is just the framework for decisionmaking. Please, before discussing the draft constitution, read it ! If everyone posts saying `does it do XYZ' without reading it first it will be hard to have a sensible discussion. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

