Re: Updated proposed ballot for the constitutional amendment (clarification of section 4.1.5)
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:13:05 +0000 (UTC), Dylan Thurston <dpt@math.harvard.edu> said:
> On 2003-10-13, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 04:03:15AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Proposal C: Clarifies status of non-technical documents. Creates
>>> Foundation Documents class which requires 3:1 majority to change
>>> and includes _only_ the Social Contract, and *not* the DFSG.
>>
>> Int this case, what is the reason behind this. Is it because of the
>> opinion that the DFSG is part of the Social Contract, or because it
>> is felt that the DFSG is not a founding document, and that we may
>> want to more easily change it.
>>
>> Maybe this would be made clear now, so, in case this is choosen, we
>> don't have ambiguities later on.
> Branden argued that the DFSG is an implementation of the ideas
> expressed in the Social Contract, and that it's a more technical
> document that should not need a supermajority to change.
The web page for the vote has been up on www.d.o for 13
days. We are 13 days into a 2 week discussion period. Shouldn't this
have been brought up before now?
> Should the rationales be a little longer and include arguments like
> this?
I did ask proposers (well, proposer) for a better
rationale. And it is meant to be a rationale -- not a full blown
argument for the proposal. This mailing list is the proper forum for
presenting arguments for and against the proposals, and indeed, the
archives list voluminous debates on these issues in days past.
I am not sure the resulting constitution should be burdened
with an extended set of arguments for an amendment that has passed
and is now a part of the constitution -- and that is the intent of
the rationale; to provide a short footnote in the constitution; not
a means for voters to make their decision.
manoj
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