Re: Ammendment: Constituion

[Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>]

Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader wrote:
> I. SPI section removal:

What happens to sections 4.1.6, and 5.1.10?

[Together, the Debian developers may... ]
4.1.6   Together with the Project Leader and SPI, make decisions about
        property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See
        s.9.1.)

[The Project Leader may...]
5.1.10  Together with SPI, make decisions affecting property held in
        trust for purposes related to Debian. (See s.9.1.)

The simplest change seems to be to remove the mention of SPI and s.9:

[Debian developers may... ]
4.1.6   Together with the Project Leader, make decisions about
        property held in trust for purposes related to Debian.

[The Project Leader may...]
5.1.10  Make decisions affecting property held in
        trust for purposes related to Debian.

But what does "Together with the Project Leader" mean in s.4.1.6?
Can the Project Leader override a General Resolution if it deals with
property held in trust this way?

And in s.5.1.10, a bald statement like that may inspire the tax people
to claim that the property is personal to the Project Leader -- thus
defeating the original intent in framing the role of SPI so carefully.

Perhaps these two clauses should simply be deleted?  Then the issue
can be decided later.

Richard Braakman