Petteri Räty wrote:
> Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Ciaran McCreesh
>> <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:20:09 +0530
>>> Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbh...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Allowing him to proxy in a council meeting is both disallowed
>>>> (non-gentoo devs cannot be on the council)
>>>>         
>>> Please point to the rule that says that a non-developer cannot be on
>>> the Council, and please point to the rule that says that a Council
>>> member cannot appoint a non-developer as their proxy. I see no mention
>>> of either in GLEP 39, which only restricts voting of Council members to
>>> developers, and only restricts proxies to not having one person with
>>> multiple votes.
>>>
>>>       
>> Oh so you'll argue semantics now? The spirit of the rule is
>> excessively clear. No non-gentoo-developer can be a member of council
>> -- permanent, temporary, or proxy.
>>
>> If a council member can't find a gentoo developer to be their proxy,
>> that says a lot about the council member.
>>
>> In any case, discussing this with you is completely m00t given my past
>> experiences with discussions with you.
>>
>>
>> --
>> ~Nirbheek Chauhan
>>
>>     
>
> Actually, please read GLEP 39 and you will see that it doesn't restrict
> council members to developers only. Basically under the current rules I
> think it's technically right to be proxied by anyone. If you don't think
> being proxied by non developers is wise, don't vote for those council
> members next time. If we want to restrict the council to developers
> only, we should think about modifying GLEP 39 (which should be done via
> a vote among developers as that's they way 39 was agreed upon).
>
> Regards,
> Petteri
>
>   
I move that we elect George W Bush and Ciaran McCreesh Council Members
For Life.
Are these people serious?

Andrew

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