[FFmpeg-devel] New CC member: Steven Liu

[Thilo Borgmann]

Hi,

On 05.06.24 09:34, Marton Balint wrote:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2024, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Anton resigned from the CC [1], leaving an empty spot. The remaining
>> members of the CC agreed it would be best to fill the spot with the next
>> runner-up from the last CC Elections.
>> The last CC election results [2] had
>> Steven Liu as next runner-up, so we've asked him to fill Anton's spot for
>> the remainder of our term, and he accepted. Thanks & welcome, Steven!
> 
> I don't have a problem with this in practice, but the legitimacy of such 
> an appointment is not rock solid. The CC itself probably should not 
> decide on CC membership, as that comes from the GA.

Agreed. Though we see this the first time and the discussion some time 
ago did not raise much participation / interest.


> Maybe we should always choose a spare member (as in the 6th winner), who 
> can automatically jump in. And if more than 1 person resign, a new 
> election can be held.

Sounds as a good possibility to me. We should determine our procedure of 
choice and put it into the docs.

-Thilo