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

To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
Cc: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>, Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org>, debian-vote@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution
From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:41:14 +0100
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Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes ("Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution"):
> I'm a native english speaker.  English has far worse ambiguities than
> this, and it is easily recognizable for what it is.  No one will think
> that Debian is proposing that we have special rules for our furniture.
> 
> At any rate, we all know what an organization ruled by furniture is
> called: a bureaucracy :P

Well, you made me laugh :-).

Thanks,
Ian.

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References:
- GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution
  - From: Margarita Manterola <marga@debian.org>
- Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution
  - From: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>
- Re: GR Proposal: replace "Chairman" with "Chair" throughout the Debian Constitution
  - From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>

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