Re: [DRAFT #2] Maximum term for tech ctte members
On 19/11/14 at 19:13 +0000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> Russ's reaction to this was that it would be very hard not to
> automatically reappoint a current member:
>
> 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.
> This is why I favor some system that requires a pause; that way, no
> one is put in the position of having to refuse to reappoint someone
> that they've worked with for the last eight years.
>
> -- https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2014/05/msg00081.html
>
> I found that pretty persuasive personally.
OK, point taken.
So either we find a way to re-appoint a current member that avoids that
social pressure (but that would likely require changing the appointment
procedure entirely), or we drop the idea of not having a mandatory
vacation between two appointments. (which sounds more likely)
Lucas
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