Re: Proposal: Shift election cycle back six months

[Julien PUYDT <julien puydt laposte net>]

Andy Tai a �it :
> It still looks strange to have the voting body to vote to extend the term of
> the current board, not the same as a general election.
>
> Extending the terms of some leadership tend to happen under situations where
> something prevents the holding of regular elections... nothing comparable
> exists here for the GNOME Foundation.

Indeed! Here is how the mandate of french presidents went from seven to 
five years :
- a referendum chose to modify the term length -- but not for the 
then-current president ;
- a normal election happened at the normal date for a new president with 
the new term.

This made the 'who' and the 'how long' independent, and I think there is 
wisdom in it.

Snark