Re: Technical Committee proposed GRs
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 07:56:47PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> Also, the constitution gives the proposer the power to accept
> amendments. If a GR was initiated by the TC, who has the power to
> accept amendments ? Is it just the TC as a whole by its own
> resolutions (which would be rather cumbersome) ? Or is it the
> TC member who proposed the TC resolution which started the GR ?
I think that if you as TC propose a resolution (that you voted on),
the TC is the proposer, not the member, and that the TC as a whole
needs to accept the amendments, and so have a vote to accept it or
not. But I do see why you would like to avoid that.
To avoid that, you can just propose this as an individual, I see
no reason why you would need to do this as the TC.
> I'm hoping that you'll say that it's just the TC as a whole but that
> the TC can delegate that power.
I don't see anything giving the TC the power to delegate anything,
while I do see it for the project leader and the secretary. So if
you want to do this, I will have to think about this some more.
> If so, the TC's own resolution
> starting the GR can contain something like this:
>
> For the purposes of accepting or rejecting amendments to this GR
> proposal, according to Constitution A.1(2), we delegate to <name>
> the power to accept amendments, and to each of our other members
> the power to veto the acceptance of amendments (as if each TC
> member was a sponsor). The Committee reserves the right to
> overrule, by means of a TC resolution on whether to accept an
> amendment.
I think something like that might make sense for an addition in
the constitution. But I'm personally having doubts about this
veto power.
Kurt
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