Re: Constitution, and SPI section s.9

1998-06-22 Thread Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader
Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader writes ("Re: Constitution, and SPI section s.9"): ... > I've asked Tim et al for an electronic copy, but they don't have one. > I've now asked if it would be OK for me to scan in my paper copy. ... and he has said he does not obj

Re: Constitution, and SPI section s.9

1998-06-22 Thread Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader
Dale Scheetz writes ("Re: Constitution, and SPI section s.9"): > We have yet to see, or even hear about the charter for SPI. Those who have > attempted to get such information from the State of New York, have been > told this document is not available. It is my understanding that such > charters of

Constitution, and SPI section s.9

1998-06-22 Thread Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader
I've mailed the SPI Board proposing that they agree to the following: 1. SPI will hold money, trademarks and other tangible and intangible property and manage other affairs for purposes related to Debian. 2. Such property will be accounted for separately and held in trust

Release management - politics

1998-06-09 Thread Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader
Just briefly: we will _not_ be voting on release process/ architecture. This is a technical decision, and is therefore up to the developers concerned (Brian, mainly), and the Technical Committee. Technical design and decisions must not be left to a vote. I'll be making another posting about techn

Constitution - formal proposal (v0.7)

1998-04-27 Thread Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader
Please see http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debian-organisation-0.7.html http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debian-organisation-formal.html http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debian-organisation.html for the latest draft constitution. If there are no more significant comments and

Re: *** The Upcoming Release of Hamm ***

1998-04-15 Thread Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader
Brian White writes ("*** The Upcoming Release of Hamm ***"): > There seems to be a lot of speculation about the upcoming release of Hamm. > The date "April 20th" seems to be the favorite date that is getting passed > around. > > I can guarantee everyone right now that no release will be made at th

Call for recommendations for the Technical Committee

1998-04-08 Thread Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader
As I said, I want to appoint the Technical Committee. However, I would like to gather some input from the developers before I decide on my preferred committee. So: if you feel someone is technically excellent and likely otherwise to be overlooked (for example, because they've not been active very

Constitution - formal proposal (v0.6.1)

1998-04-07 Thread Ian Jackson - Debian Project Leader
Please see http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debian-organisation-0.6.1.html http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/debian-organisation.html for the latest draft constitution. These changes are not yet formal. Changes (numbering as in new): s.1: List of decisionmakers rearranged and senten