On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 12:20:25PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > [ Cross post -vote, -project ; M-F-T: to -vote. > > 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 > > =========================================================================== > The Constitution is amended as follows: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > =========================================================================== > > 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 Seconded. -- Ricardo Mones ~ Never send a human to do a machine's job. Agent Smith
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