On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 09:49:21AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 10:50:10AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Okay, Steve's meant to start today (in 20 minutes if we go by UTC), > so Ian are you happy to step down, and does everyone want to send in their > vote for new chair? Voting, on the assumption that Ian is ready to step down: > Mine's: 1. Steve, 2. Bdale, 3. Andy, 4. Raul, 5. Me, 6. Ian, 7. Further discussion 1. me, 2. Anthony, 3. Raul, 4. Andi, 5. Bdale, 6. Ian, 7. Further Discussion ... just to mix things up a bit and give myself a clearer lead, what the heck. :) > Can we also get a vote from folks on the other proposals: > > (1) Rotating the tech ctte chair > > Changing chairs every two months would mean everyone would be chair over > > the course of the year; helping ensure that we notice people who aren't > > active in a timely manner, and distributing the load a bit more fairly. > > I propose we do this, and for concreteness propose the following rotation: > > - Feb 14th Ian Jackson > > Feb 15th - Mar 31st Steve Langasek > > Apr 1st - May 31st Bdale Garbee > > Jun 1st - Jul 31st Andreas Barth > > Aug 1st - Sep 30th Raul Miller > > Oct 1st - Nov 30th Anthony Towns > > Dec 1st - Jan 31st Ian Jackson > I vote yes... I'm pretty sure such a vote isn't binding in any meaningful way given what the constitution says, but: "yes". > > (2) Requiring an implementation of proposals > > So I propose we establish a rule that we won't make decisions on issues > > that aren't ready for an immediate NMU when we make that decision. > Also yes... Yes. > > (3) Advisory opinions from the chair > > So I propose we establish that our procedure in addressing issues is > > for the chair to quickly issue an initial opinion; and to only vote on > > issues when an official ruling is needed (eg, to overrule a maintainer) > > or when members of the tech ctte disagree. > Also yes... Abstaining. I'm willing to give this model a try, but I'm still not convinced that such advisory opinions can be sufficiently decisive to serve the needs of petitioners. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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