Re: Maximum term for tech ctte members
On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 07:58:45PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> I'm still skeptical that something built around people typically serving
> for eight years is the sort of turnover we want, but it's the conservative
> approach and doesn't change too much at once. Which has some definite
> merits.
I'm not sure that two terms would necessarily be the normal case;
I suspect some of that is just that having to quit and appoint a new
member to the ctte is work and it's always easier to just let things be.
Having thought about it some more, I don't think "longest serving ctte
member's term ends on <date>, unconditionally" is a good rule. For one
thing, it means that on day-before-<date>, the longest serving ctte member
can resign and force the second longest serving ctte member's term to end
"prematurely".
I might have another go at seeing if I can word it for rolling twelve
months, to see if that's workable.
> > Possible candidacy rules:
> > - A developer is not eligible to rejoin the committee if they have
> > been a member for more than four of the past five years.
> > (Max two consecutive terms, roughly)
> I think this is my preference.
Yeah, it seems plausible.
> > - When considering candidates for inclusion in the committee, the ballot
> > must include at least one candidate who has not been a member of the
> > committee in the previous four years.
> > (Enforce considering new members, not necessarily having them)
> The social pressures here don't work very well. In general, any approach
> that has the existing committee decide whether to retain a member who's
> already on the committee has the potential for hard feelings, creating
> future difficulties working together, and so forth.
Yeah, that's a fairly persuasive argument.
> > - Any eligible developer nominated by the DPL or by at least two
> > developers in the period between August 1st and August 16th will be
> > considered for appointment to the committee, and be included on the
> > next ballot. Any developer so nominated may, however, withdraw their
> > nomination if they so choose.
> I'm not sure there's any need to say something about this,
Me either.
Cheers,
aj
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