On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:08:32PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > > That view, namely "other people may propose ballots that aren't good > > enough, and it's my job to stop that", is precisely a supervisory one. > Often the role of a Secretary is a ministerial one, and which wouldn't > include supervisory elements. > However, Debian is different, giving to the Secretary a variety of > supervisory tasks, That's not true; the secretary's position in Debian is primarily administrative -- namely "to take votes amongst the Developers" and "determine the number and identity of Developers". The two additional duties are exceptional: to stand in for the DPL when he's absent (with the tech ctte chair), and to adjudicate disputes about the constitution. Neither is supervisory in any case -- the difference being that supervision is an ongoing task, unlike both standing in while a new DPL is chosen, or adjudicating a dispute that's arisen. That doesn't mean taking on a supervisory role is bad or improper, though, just that it's not an unavoidable consequence of being Debian secretary. Cheers, aj
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