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



On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 03:27:56PM +0200, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> 
> 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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