| 1 |
On 2007.07.21 10:47, Peter Weller wrote: |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
[snip] |
| 4 |
> |
| 5 |
> Yes, I will accept. |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
> My main plans over the next few years would be to improve |
| 8 |
> communications (and (more importantly?) openness), not just between |
| 9 |
> developers, but also between herds, users, the Council, the Trustees, |
| 10 |
> upstream and so on. I'd particularly want to ensure that there is |
| 11 |
> better |
| 12 |
> communication between us (Gentoo) and projects such as Sabayon Linux |
| 13 |
> and Ainkaboot, as I believe that we can all make use of each other's |
| 14 |
> skills and ideas to provide better distribution(s). I'd encourage |
| 15 |
> "innovative" ideas and projects, such as the inclusion of, for |
| 16 |
> example, |
| 17 |
> XGL/Compiz/Beryl/Compiz-Fusion or whatever it's called these days. |
| 18 |
> I'd |
| 19 |
> also encourage the introduction of targets, as discussed by antarus |
| 20 |
> on |
| 21 |
> the -core ML. And all that kinda stuff. |
| 22 |
> |
| 23 |
> Now, I'm sure that a number of you would prefer everything to be |
| 24 |
> closed, kept private within a number of individuals, but if that *is* |
| 25 |
> the case, why on Earth are you involved with an *Open* Source |
| 26 |
> project, |
| 27 |
> such as Gentoo? Wouldn't you be better off using the likes of Adobe's |
| 28 |
> products and Microsoft's products? |
| 29 |
> |
| 30 |
> Yes, I am quite young. Yes, I could be considered relatively new to |
| 31 |
> the |
| 32 |
> project. Yes, I might make mistakes, but I also *learn* from |
| 33 |
> mistakes, |
| 34 |
> which some people seem to find hard. Being young/relatively new to |
| 35 |
> the |
| 36 |
> project will allow me to potentially bring a fresh view on things, |
| 37 |
> that |
| 38 |
> some of you old fuddy-duddies may or may not have thought of before. |
| 39 |
> And isn't that what Gentoo is about? New ideas, innovation, fresh |
| 40 |
> views, etc, etc. Anyway. Meh. I'm starting to waffle on. |
| 41 |
> |
| 42 |
> And I'm moving house at the beginning of August, I'm also going to |
| 43 |
> France sometime in August. Just some advanced warnings that I may not |
| 44 |
> be around so much during the voting period. |
| 45 |
> |
| 46 |
> Bai! |
| 47 |
> |
| 48 |
|
| 49 |
Peter, |
| 50 |
|
| 51 |
That's the beginnings of a good election manifesto. All the candidates |
| 52 |
need to explain, if they are elected :- |
| 53 |
|
| 54 |
1. What they will do |
| 55 |
2. Why they will do it |
| 56 |
3. How they will do it |
| 57 |
4. Timescales for their plans. |
| 58 |
|
| 59 |
This information will allow the electorate to choose a team with |
| 60 |
similar aims, so we get a cohesive council, not a collection of |
| 61 |
individuals trying to take Gentoo in different directions. |
| 62 |
|
| 63 |
Any candidate unwilling to prepare such a manifesto should withdraw now |
| 64 |
as they clearly don't have the time or interest to take an active seat |
| 65 |
on the council. |
| 66 |
|
| 67 |
Like it or not, the council is more of a social/political body than a |
| 68 |
development body. |
| 69 |
|
| 70 |
Regards, |
| 71 |
|
| 72 |
Roy Bamford, |
| 73 |
(NeddySeagoon) |
| 74 |
-- |
| 75 |
gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |
Archives