RE: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread George Bonser
On 27-Oct-97 Richard G. Roberto wrote: > I fear > that I've come to a conclusion that may bring a fair bit of > flame mail my way, but Dave Cinege has to be dealt with. We > must revoke his license to victimize the community at large. There is an expression in the US ... you have the right to sw

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread George Bonser
On 28-Oct-97 Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > You think the congress can put together a distribution like > Debian? > > manoj Yes ... and they would call it Slacklaw. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"M" == M W Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? M> They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to his M> entrenchment in the system, has more power than a freshman would M>

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Britton" == Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Britton> I actually like this proposal. I have no problem with Bruce, Britton> he has done a gret job. I just don't see the point in making Britton> the process of succession so competitive. The limits need Britton> not be short. Richards

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread M W Blunier
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Glenn Amerine wrote: > > "M" == M W Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > M> On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? > > M> They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to > M>

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread Glenn Amerine
> "M" == M W Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? M> They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to M> his entrenchment in the system, has more power than a fr

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread M W Blunier
On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to his entrenchment in the system, has more power than a freshman would have. Greedy and self serving voters vote for the incumba

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Britton
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote: > > [snip] > > PROPOSAL FOR TERM LIMITS > > > > I propose that all elected posts in the Debian organization > > be subject to the following term limits: I actually like this proposal. I have no pr

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote: [snip] > PROPOSAL FOR TERM LIMITS > > I propose that all elected posts in the Debian organization > be subject to the following term limits: [snip] So, Richard. Are you ready to commit a lot of your private time to becoming project leader for a yea

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread john
Richard G. Roberto writes: > This is a testimony to how frightening an individual Dave Cinege really > is. Tedious, yes, but frightening? Hardly. > We must revoke his license to victimize the community at large. No one is being "victimized" by Mr. Cinege's blitherings. The only thing truly off

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I think term limits may not be the panacea that people think they are. 1) Unlike general elections, incumbents do not have more money to spend than challengers 2) Unlike general elections, incumbents do not get more into the constituents eye (any body can mail on the lists

On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Richard G. Roberto
Sorry to have come into this so late, but I was tuned in to a different soap opera ;) This is not the first time someone has requested that Bruce be "impeached" or removed from his post as project leader, or president, or whatever it is currently. This is the first time Dave Cinege has done it.