Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution

Nikolaus Rath dijo [Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 04:41:15PM -0700]: > On Jul 22 2016, martin f krafft wrote: > > also sprach Lionel Elie Mamane [2016-07-22 12:14 +0200]: > >> Since Debian is an international project, with many (I expect a > >> majority but am too

Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution

Wouter Verhelst dijo [Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:15:57AM +0200]: > Hi Marga, > > I second this amendment, although it introduces a minor awkwardness: > > On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 03:27:56PM +0200, Margarita Manterola wrote: > > - The Technical Committee and/or its Chairman; > > + The Technical

Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 04:41:15PM -0700, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > > Btw, we've had DebConf Chairs too and nobody complained. > Well, that probably just means that they were pretty comfortable, so no > one had reason to complain. See also https://youtu.be/Nf_Y4MbUCLY?t=381 -- WBR, wRAR

Re: The furniture dilemma [Was: Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution]

On Thu, 21 Jul 2016, Francesca Ciceri wrote: > On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 04:02:26PM +0200, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > At any rate, we all know what an organization ruled by furniture is > > called: a bureaucracy :P > > And of course the staff will ensure everything runs smoothly. While keeping

The furniture dilemma [Was: Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 04:02:26PM +0200, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On Thu 2016-07-21 11:15:57 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > A "Chairman" is a person. A "Chair" may be an object. > > > > I don't think anyone will misinterpret your proposed new wording into > > thinking the TC has a physical