Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

From	Zlatan Todorić <zlatan@riseup.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project, linux.debian.vote
Subject	Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations
Date	2019-03-10 18:50 +0100
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(sorry for top posting)
So, funny, maybe we will live to our long history of community fostering (which is the thing I most enjoy from Debian, besides that we produce kickass OS) and be leaderless as we in all nature of project actually are.

Doesn't sound too bad to me,

Z 

;)

On March 10, 2019 2:45:18 PM GMT+01:00, Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> wrote:
>On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 01:48:23PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
>> On 15337 March 1977, Sam Hartman wrote:
>> 
>> > In fairness, I'd recommend that the nominations period be extended
>for
>> > some explicit time.  I think that we want to have a known window
>for new
>> > nominations rather than say starting the campaigning as soon as
>someone
>> > nominates themselves.
>> 
>> §5.2.4 to the rescue. (Something I also missed earlier).
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> For three weeks after that no more candidates may be nominated;
>> candidates should use this time for campaigning and discussion. If
>there
>> are no candidates at the end of the nomination period then the
>> nomination period is extended for an additional week, repeatedly if
>> necessary.
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> 
>> So basically we are now having one more nomination period week.
>
>It also means that the current DPL's term will expire before we
>have a new DPL. I think this will apply in that case:
>
>6. Technical committee
>
>  6.1. Powers
>[...]
>  8. The Chair can stand in for the Leader, together with the Secretary
>       As detailed in §7.1(2), the Chair of the Technical Committee and
>    the Project Secretary may together stand in for the Leader if there
>       is no Leader.
>[...]
>
>7. The Project Secretary
>
>  7.1. Powers
>
>   The Secretary:
>[...]
>    2. Can stand in for the Leader, together with the Chair of the
>       Technical Committee.
>       If there is no Project Leader then the Chair of the Technical
>       Committee and the Project Secretary may by joint agreement make
>       decisions if they consider it imperative to do so.
>
>
>Kurt

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Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2019-03-10 13:00 +0100
  Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org> - 2019-03-10 13:50 +0100
    Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> - 2019-03-10 14:50 +0100
      Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations Zlatan Todorić <zlatan@riseup.net> - 2019-03-10 18:50 +0100
        Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations Micha Lenk <micha@debian.org> - 2019-03-10 21:10 +0100
        Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations Joerg Jaspert <joerg@debian.org> - 2019-03-10 21:40 +0100

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