Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members

[Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de>]

Hi,

Russ Allbery:
> I had picked four-year terms because I think adding one member every six
> months (or two members every year) is probably near the upper limit of
> membership management that the TC can deal with and still get other things
> done, and at the same time I think four years is near the upper limit for
> meaningful term lengths.  Eight years is an eternity in free software.

That may be true, but our release cycles also feel like an eternity :-P
and it might make sense to have, say, at least one TC member on board who
has been on the TC at least since the current "oldstable" was released.

So I'd propose a six-year term limit where every 1.5 years the two
longest-serving members step down for a year and a half.

Or, if we want an odd number of members, let three members step down
every two years.

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-- Matthias Urlichs