Re: General Resolution: Statement regarding Richard Stallman's readmission to the FSF board result
On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 10:02:46PM +0200, Timo Röhling wrote:
> * Barak A. Pearlmutter <bap@debian.org> [2021-04-18 20:30]:
> > I'm suggesting that, since we came within a razor (just ONE BALLOT, as
> > Adrian Bunk pointed out) of that situation actually occurring, we get
> > in front of things, think about it, and figure out something proactive
> > to prevent it from ever actually happening: to prevent us from ever
> > having to make such an embarrassing press release.
> Maybe a public statement in the name of all developers should require
> more than a simple 1:1 majority?
>
Something like a 3:1 majority would ensure that the measure had a very
broad consensus behind it. I would like to think that it would result
in more constructive discussions.
However, that seems likely to only work if there is a method for
drafting the statement first and then simply having an up or down vote.
The up or down vote is what Steve tried to accomplish by proposing the
GR to essentially adopt the text of the open leter. However, things
rapidly shifted as more options were added to the ballot. Whether a
"special" sort of GR is needed (one that doesn't allow for adding more
options) or an entirely different mechanism may need to be discussed.
It isn't clear how all of it would work in practice.
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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