On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:29:07AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >Stefano Zacchiroli dijo [Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:17:22AM +0200]: >> (…) >> The main question is: how would people feel about a DPL standing for >> election for a 2 year period, provided that there is an "easy" way to >> call for a mid-term election after 1 year? "Easy" should be defined in a >> way that it is not socially awkward and allow any of the two parts (the >> DPL or the DD body) to call for an election that by default won't >> happen. >> >> At present, I don't have any bright idea on how to implement the "not >> socially awkward" part preserving full transparency. A possibility might >> be to allow a given number of DDs to request in private a mid-term >> election to the secretary. But that clearly trades-off transparency for >> social un-awkward-ness. IMHO it would match the spirit of the current >> Constitution provision that DPL votes are secret, but YMMV. It would >> also possibly increase the level of trust we put in the Secretary. > >Humm… An idea could be: > >‣ The term is defined to be for one year, with the possibility of one > automatic renewal >‣ If by (election date + 10 months) the DPL sends a (signed, > validated, blah) message, a simple referendum is held: secret vote > between a "yes" and a "no" (and... Further discussion? :-} ) > ‣ If the DPL seeking renewal gets a majority, his term is prolonged to > a second year > ‣ If the DPL does not get a majority, he can still participate in a > regular election >‣ This mechanism can only be used once — A DPL wanting to run a third > term must win a regular (full) election
/me shudders at the extra complexity, especially how it would be worded in the constitution. I'm tempted to say: let's just leave things the way they are. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
