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[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 11 October 2010 10:46:02 Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> On Friday 08 October 2010 17:54:15 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxxxxx> [10-08-10 10:43]:
> > > Forced re-election:
> > > If 20 per cent or more of the openSUSE members require a new board, an
> > > election will be held for the complete elected Board seats.
> >
> > Perhaps some more definition is needed here.  For election of the
> > *entire* board, terms will be set in descending order of number of
> > votes for, ie: three most voted elected member will serve two year
> > terms, next two will serve one year terms.
>
> This is handled by the renewal rule and I've enhanced the list there so
> that this also applies to complete election of the board.

Looking closer into the rule, I think it needs to be made clearer, so here's a 
new version of it:

Add to policy section:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Continuity

It is desired to "roll over" about half of the seats with each term
expiration.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And here's the new renewal rule:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Renewal

Before the election, the election committee defines how many seats are
one year term seats and how many seats are two year term seats.

One year term seats will only be defined if the following election
would have less than two seats to be filled.  In this case the number
of one year seats is calculated so that for the election in the next
year two seats will have to be filled.

The elected members get assigned in descending order of number of
votes first to fill up the two year term seats, and then to the one
year term seats.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And now I think we should change the the name of the "Renewal" rule.  Or merge 
the two rules above to one "Continuity".

Anybody with great ideas?
Andreas
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