Re: Alternative proposal: focus on term limits rather than turnover
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Jo, 20 nov 14, 13:23:04, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > As a transitional measure, the terms of the current members of the Technical
> > Committee shall instead expire every 6 months starting on 2015-01-01, in
> > descending order of seniority; term limits then apply to them as normal.
>
> Since I've already messed up with the private/public replies I'll just
> make one more post and then shut up.
On the contrary, please keep providing valuable input. :)
> IMVHO:
>
> 1. hard-coding a date (any date) might provide "interesting" side
> effects, probably easier to just use the date of the adoption of the GR,
> with some grace period (e.g. one month), to allow planing for the first
> expiry.
Fair enough. That seems fine to me.
> 2. The above reads to me (as a non-native speaker) like it would apply
> to *all* TC members, not only those with terms longer than imposed by
> the (amended) Constitution.
...it reads that way to a native speaker too; good catch. :)
> Slightly more complicated, needs review from a native speaker:
>
> As a transitional measure, the terms of any current members of the
> Technical Committee that exceed the limit above at the time of
> adoption of this General Resolution shall instead expire every 6
> months, starting one month after adoption of this General
> Resolution, in descending order of seniority.
That definitely fixes both issues. I'd simplify the language a bit,
given that text in a GR by definition only takes effect when the GR
passes:
As a transitional measure, the terms of any members of the Technical
Committee that already exceed the limit shall instead expire every 6
months in descending order of seniority, starting one month from now.
- Josh Triplett
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