Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > At least for QA this is quite an oversimplified description of the > team's role. Quoting GLEP 48, first bullet point of the specification: > "The QA team's purpose is to provide cross-team assistance in keeping > the

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

> On Tue, 13 Feb 2018, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > [about QA's role] Sorry, I didn't spend attention to the fact that the message I was replying to was in the wrong list. Please continue in gentoo-project where this thread belongs. pgp8a3bnmBxzU.pgp Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

> On Tue, 13 Feb 2018, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: > Dean Stephens schrieb: >>> QA and Comrel are special in that they can take disciplinary >>> action against non-members, which there is no recourse against >>> except appeal to the Council. >>> >> At the very least: QA, Comrel, IRC

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

On 13/02/18 20:57, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn > wrote: >> Dean Stephens schrieb: >> Suppose that the council decides to accept an appeal from comrel. Is it a conflict of interest for a member of the council

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: > Dean Stephens schrieb: > >>> Suppose that the council decides to accept an appeal from comrel. Is it >>> a conflict of interest for a member of the council who is also a member >>> of comrel to vote in the

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

Ulrich Mueller schrieb: > Don't vote for that person then? Why would we need a general rule > restricting voters from electing any specific candidate? For the same reason why governing bodies sometimes restrict accumulation of mandates (and have term limits etc.). Of course the electorate can

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

Dean Stephens schrieb: >> Suppose that the council decides to accept an appeal from comrel. Is it >> a conflict of interest for a member of the council who is also a member >> of comrel to vote in the appeal? If it isn't, it is at least a pretty >> strong perception that it is. >> > Why? How?

[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: council members and appeals

Dean Stephens schrieb: >> QA and Comrel are special in that they can take disciplinary action against >> non-members, which there is no recourse against except appeal to the Council. >> > At the very least: QA, Comrel, IRC ops (in every project specific > channel), planet/universe, forums, and