Call for nominations: Developer Membership Board

[Dan Streetman]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 9:20 AM Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 08:56:23AM -0500, Dan Streetman wrote:
> > I would like to officially call for a DMB vote on extending DMB
> > eligibility to members of the ~ubuntu-sru-developers team.
>
> Previous discussion and decision here:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2020-January/002464.html
>
> It's been pointed out recently that it's the TB that runs the DMB
> election, even if the administrative work has been delegated to the DMB
> (and then to me).
>
> I concluded the previous discussion on the basis of having found
> consensus within the DMB (you weren't on the DMB at the time) and on the
> basis of no objection from the TB, who were copied in to the thread.
>
> If you want the eligibility criteria changed contrary to that previous
> discussion and decision, I think it'd need to be a TB policy decision

Well, that seems a whole lot like it's simply your opinion.

In any case, all this formality really is exhausting and I don't care
to pursue it, since you seem to be saying that I can't call for a DMB
vote on this, even though the previous decision was decided entirely
by DMB members.

> since it'd be contrary to the opinion of a bunch of people in that
> thread (and therefore there wouldn't be consensus, unless their
> positions have changed or you persuade them otherwise). You can take it
> to the TB mailing list and/or add the item to the TB agenda here:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoardAgenda
>
> Robie