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Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution



Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org> writes:

> The Debian Constitution is very well written, in a way that is almost completely
> ungendered.  The only gendered word left is the Chairman of the Technical
> Committee.  There is no reason for this position to be gendered. Ungendered
> alternatives for Chairman are Chair and Chairperson. While both work, Chair is
> simpler and shorter.
>
> I'm therefore proposing the following General Resolution:
>
> === BEGIN GR TEXT ===
>
> Title: Replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution
>
> All appearances of the word Chairman shall be replaced with the word Chair.
>
> === END GR TEXT ===

Seconded.
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