Re: Time to move on...

Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Friday 15 November 2002 10:23, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> > > To the rest of the hackers, is it normal practice to perhaps vote in a
> > > new member of the steering committee?
> >
> > Uh ... it's never happened before ... so there is no "normal practice".
> 
> IMHO, replacement of a core member should be treated the same as bringing in a 
> new core member, which, IIRC, is by invitation and vote of the balance of the 
> core members.
> 
> If a replacement is immediately necessary, that is.  Having five core versus 
> six core isn't a great handicap, as the potential replacement pool consists 
> of people who are already doing development now.  Having an odd number of 
> core has its advantages.

I will reiterate for the new folks that the core group doesn't do much
more than decide if the final release will be on a Friday or a Monday,
and deal with private issues like discipline.  I think we deal with such
issues perhaps 2-4 times a year.

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