Re: Non-free Proposal

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@progenylinux.com>]

"Darren O. Benham" <gecko@benham.net> writes:

> Since the proposed amendment introduced in the email archived at:
> 
> http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-vote-0006/msg00018.html

That gives a 404.

> We will have to conduct two separate ballots.  The first question is the
> acceptance or rejection of the amendment.  The outcome of that vote will
> determine if the proposal is voted under the General Resolution quorum or
> the Important Documents (constitution) quorum.

This seems inconsistent.  The quorum is specified by the
Constitution.  Why, therefore, should the acceptance or rejection of a
mere GR amendment, which has yet had no actual force let alone one of
modifying the Constitution, have the effect of modifying voting
procedures?  The Constitution lays out specific rules for voting.  It
does not specify in any way that the result of a vote on a GR
amendment can act as an exception to voting procedure.

Additionally, why should the question of the quorum
required for a vote be considered the presumed result from voting on a
different amdendment?  It is possible that people might be in favor of
requiring the Important Documents quorum but against aj's amendment.

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John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>                       www.complete.org
Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.    www.progenylinux.com
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