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The current Board of Trustees is composed of five members who were announced ( following an election ) on March 2, 2008.

There is also a seven-member Gentoo Council that oversees the technical issues and policies of Gentoo.

The Gentoo Council members are elected for a period of one year, each year by the active Gentoo developers.

When a member of the Council retires, the successor is voted into place by the existing Council members.