Bug#481677: www.debian.org: Debian Constitution, 2.1.2, singular and plural not correct

[Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:12:34PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> at link[1], at §2.1.2. we can read:
> 
> 2. A person may hold several posts, except that the Project Leader, Project
>    Secretary and the Chairman of the Technical Committee must be distinct,
>    and that the Leader cannot appoint themselves as their own Delegate.
> 
> "...the Leader cannot appoint themselves as their own Delegate." it's
> not correct and it should be "...the Leader cannot appoint himself as his own
> Delegate." or "...the Leaders cannot appoint themselves as their own
> Delegate.".
> 
> May you please reword that sentence?

Please see

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they

I'm also not sure that the web team has the authority to make changes
to the constitution.

-- 
Matt