Draft GR for permitting private discussion

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Here is a draft.  The idea would be this, followed by my clause 2 re
accepting amendments (which I've just sent a copy of to the TC and
Secretary).

Thanks,
Ian.

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1. The Debian Technical Committee hereby exercises its power in
   4.2(1) of the Debian Constitution to propose the following
   General Resolution:

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   Constitutional Amendment: Permit TC to hold informal private conversations

   On a number of occasions recently, enquirers have emailed TC
   members' personal addreses to informally seek members' views.  This
   has worked well; however it is not clear that Constitution permits
   it.  This situation should be regularised.

   On occasion the TC has been asked to decide on maintainership of
   packages.  It is very difficult to hold the necessary discussions,
   which inevitably involve discussion of personalitiees, in public.

   At the moment the TC is unable to take on a mediation role, since
   mediation necessarily involves each party to a dispute conversing
   privately with the mediator.  The TC should be able to mediate if
   the TC, and parties to a dispute, wish it to do so.

   Actual decisionmaking must still place in public of course.

   Therefore, amend the Debian Constitution 6.3 as follows (wdiff -i):

     3. Public [-discussion and-] decision-making.

	[-Discussion,-]
	Draft resolutions and amendments, and votes by members of the
	committee, are made public on the Technical Committee public
	discussion list. There is no separate secretary for the
	Committee.

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