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For more background information on the development of this proposal,
see https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2014/11/msg00274.html ]
I'm hereby formally submitting the GR proposal included below between
dashed double lines, and calling for seconds. With respect to past
discussions on the -vote mailing list, this is the proposal code-named
"2-S"; see [1,2] for (the last known versions of) alternative proposals.
[1]: https://people.debian.org/~zack/gr-ctte-term-limit/
[2]: http://git.upsilon.cc/?p=text/gr-ctte-term-limit.git;a=tree
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The Constitution is amended as follows:
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--- constitution.txt.orig 2014-11-17 18:02:53.314945907 +0100
+++ constitution.2-S.txt 2014-11-21 16:56:47.328071287 +0100
@@ -299,8 +299,20 @@
Project Leader may appoint new member(s) until the number of
members reaches 6, at intervals of at least one week per
appointment.
- 5. If the Technical Committee and the Project Leader agree they may
+ 5. A Developer is not eligible to be (re)appointed to the Technical
+ Committee if they have been a member within the previous 12 months.
+ 6. If the Technical Committee and the Project Leader agree they may
remove or replace an existing member of the Technical Committee.
+ 7. Term limit:
+ 1. On January 1st of each year the term of any Committee member
+ who has served more than 42 months (3.5 years) and who is one
+ of the two most senior members is set to expire on December
+ 31st of that year.
+ 2. A member of the Technical Committee is said to be more senior
+ than another if they were appointed earlier, or were appointed
+ at the same time and have been a member of the Debian Project
+ longer. In the event that a member has been appointed more
+ than once, only the most recent appointment is relevant.
6.3. Procedure
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As a transitional measure, if this GR is passed after January 1st, 2015,
then the provision of section §6.2.7.1 is taken to have occurred on January
1st, 2015.
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I'd like to thank Anthony Towns for introducing the term limit idea
several months ago [3] and for his help in polishing it through several
rounds of feedback on the -vote mailing list.
[3]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2014/05/threads.html#00054
Cheers.
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Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o
Former Debian Project Leader . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o .
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