Re: General Resolution: Diversity statement

[Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debian.org>]

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 statement

    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 improvements
    can be applied by the -www team as for other parts of www.d.o and
    more substantial changes, that do not change the spirit, can be
    discussed on -project.

Given that this statement is absent in the actual GR text to be voting
on, are voters to assume it will or will not have any bearing on the
outcome of the vote?

Personally, I think it should not; although I'm sure opinions will
vary.  Given that, I don't think its possible to say one way or
another.

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?

Best wishes,
Mike