[ghc-steering-committee] Expiring members: Simons, Iavor, Richard, Me

[Richard Eisenberg]

I think this is clear(ish) in the written bylaws:

> Continuing members of the committee vote on new membership via a ranked voting system;

NB: "Continuing". Though I suppose that could be confusing, as we don't yet know which members are continuing. Perhaps "non-expiring" would be better.

> When the secretary's term is expiring (but that individual wishes to stay on the committee), one co-chair fills in for the secretary to run this process.

Though, I suppose it would probably make sense to change that second sentence to allow any other committee member to step in, instead of placing the burden on a co-chair.

These rules also expose the fact of whether or not the secretary wishes to continue. Maybe it should be rephrased to allow the secretary to delegate even if they are also stepping down, just so that they can cloak their decision.

I will recommend a few tweaks later today.

Richard

> On Jan 23, 2021, at 4:39 AM, Joachim Breitner <mail at joachim-breitner.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Am Freitag, den 22.01.2021, 15:49 +0100 schrieb Joachim Breitner:
>> With three expiring members we are down to 7 active members (less if
>> one of the Simons does not want to stay on). This means a call for
>> nominations is triggered now. I think I’ll send it out on the weekend.
>> The text of the previous was this:
>> https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2019-December/025880.html
>> Let me know if you want me to use a different text.
> 
> oh, I just noticed that this doesn't make sense: We do the voting and
> deliberations in private, because those voted upon should not see that
> discussion. But we will possibly be voting on re-admitting Iavor,
> Richard and me. It doesn’t then make sense for the three of us to take
> part in voting, nor for me to run the vote!
> 
> We should probably clarify the bylaws on that point: Do expiring
> members take part in the nomination process?
> 
> Anyways, it looks like someone else needs to run this nomination round.
> (i.e. send out the call for nomiations, collect the nominations, send
> them in private mail to all active members, collect the votes, and
> announce the result). Any volunteer?
> 
> Cheers,
> Joachim
> 
> 
> -- 
> Joachim Breitner
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>  http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
> 
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