Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757125AbXH0PF2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:05:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754267AbXH0PFT (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:05:19 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:37493 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753401AbXH0PFS (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:05:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:05:09 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Jes Sorensen Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Matthew Garrett , Tech Board Discuss , linux-kernel , Andy Isaacson , Josh Boyer , ksummit-2007-discuss@thunk.org, Alan Cox Subject: Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Re: [Ksummit-2007-discuss] Re: Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board Elections Message-Id: <20070827080509.966590b3.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <46D2BFC8.7000904@sgi.com> References: <20070823003748.GR30556@waste.org> <20070823004209.GP9163@parisc-linux.org> <20070823011953.GS30556@waste.org> <1187832907.3410.141.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070824012730.GA1243@hexapodia.org> <625fc13d0708231934q5b369b4fh1a5c83def0e56a0d@mail.gmail.com> <20070824025254.GH21720@waste.org> <20070824025504.GT9163@parisc-linux.org> <20070824032228.GJ21720@waste.org> <20070824155735.GA14978@kroah.com> <20070824234840.GC19595@kroah.com> <20070825010329.6f5bc47c@the-village.bc.nu> <46D2A113.2030403@sgi.com> <20070827050432.06f9590f@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <46D2BFC8.7000904@sgi.com> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.2 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1456 Lines: 40 On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:12:56 +0200 Jes Sorensen wrote: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:01:55 +0200 > > > >> But replacing the flawed KS list with one based on actual > >> contributors, from the git logs as I proposed last week, doesn't seem > >> silly. I agree. > > to some degree the KS list is based on that git logs thing ;) ~~~~ Good thing you put a ;) there, Arjan. > Yes, as well as 12 committee members, of which 5 didn't even comply with > their own git commit requirement last time I checked. Not to mention the > 10 seats sold to sponsors (presuming it goes like in previous years, > with each sponsor being awarded one grease slot per sponsorship). Yes, I'm not fond of the PC automatic invites either. (that's Program Committee, not politically correct or other PC acronyms) > Based on the published list of invitees (which didn't seem to include > the seats sold off) that means 25% of the people who can vote for the > TAB were not given a vote based on their contributions. > > Of course this matches the voting system in some countries, but just > because a lot of places rely on broken systems, that shouldn't encourage > the TAB to do the same. --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/