General Resolution: Diversity statement results

2012-06-03 Thread Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx
Hi, The results of the General Resolution is that the diversity statement has been accepted. The details of the results shall soon be available at: http://vote.debian.org/2012/vote_002 In the mean time the results are also available at: http://master.debian.org/~secretary/diversity/results.txt

General Resolution: Diversity statement, first call for votes

2012-05-19 Thread Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx
Hi, This is the first call for votes for the General Resolution about a diversity statement. Voting period starts 00:00:00 UTC on Sunday, May 20th, 2012 Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC on Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 The following ballot is for voting on a diversity

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-09 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 07:21:10AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Hi all, I hope that our constitution has the answer to that question. If a GR needed self-locking dispositions, that would go against the idea of having a constitution at all. My personal opinion is that for things that

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-09 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Stefano Zacchiroli z...@debian.org, 2012-05-09, 00:15: considering that the resolution procedure already takes into account make changes to correct minor errors (for example, typographical errors or inconsistencies) or changes which do not alter the meaning, providing noone objects within 24

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-09 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx secret...@debian.org, 2012-05-08, 23:28: http://www.debian.org/vote/2012/vote_002 Hmm. According to this page, the proposal[0] was seconded by Steve Langasek. However, Steve seconded only the draft[1], which has different wording. [0]

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-09 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 10 May 2012, Jakub Wilk wrote: * Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx secret...@debian.org, 2012-05-08, 23:28: http://www.debian.org/vote/2012/vote_002 Hmm. According to this page, the proposal[0] was seconded by Steve Langasek. However, Steve seconded only the draft[1], which

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 11:28:31PM +0200, Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx wrote: A new General Resolution has been started about a diversity statement. More details are at: http://www.debian.org/vote/2012/vote_002 Considering that the statement contained in the GR is the result of a

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx wrote: Hi, A new General Resolution has been started about a diversity statement. More details are at: http://www.debian.org/vote/2012/vote_002 Question on procedure: The initiating GR mail included the following

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 05:57:40PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: So, in order to have a definitive conclusion on this matter, shouldn't it be included in the actual GR text, or as an alternative, or as an amendment? The only text subject to vote is the one that will be in the GR. Everything

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-08 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, May 08, 2012 at 05:57:40PM -0400, Michael Gilbert a écrit : Q: What will be the procedure for maintaining/updating the statement, once voted? A: The gist of the statement will be fixed by the GR. But in order to avoid needing a vote for every minor tweak, language

Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

2012-05-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 12:15:42AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: That would not stop to publish stuff like translations of the statement on www.debian.org , pretty much as the fact that the Constitution itself has been published upon hasn't (luckily!) stopped translation of it to