On Monday 11 October 2010 21:44:55 Administrator wrote:
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?
A minor edit to make it clearer:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Continuity
Before the election, the election committee defines how many vacant seats are "one year term" seats and how many vacant seats are "two year term" seats.
One year term seats will only be defined if there would be fewer than two seats to be filled at the following annual election. In this case the number of one year seats is calculated so that two seats will have to be filled at the following annual election.
The elected members are assigned in descending order of number of votes. The two year term seats are filled first, and then the one year term seats. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I think the final sentence should go into the section on "Voting".
Thanks, this looks far better now. Now I edited the "Term" section as well to read: "The openSUSE board term is in general two years but might be shorter in some cases." I'm attaching my current version as ODF document with change bars so that everybody can see the changes, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj@{novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126