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On 11:41 Fri 26 Jun , Richard Freeman wrote: |
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> However, those who have questioned the wisdom of cirianm as a proxy do |
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> have a point. Technical knowledge alone is not the critiera of a |
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> council member. One needs to be able to build consensus - not that we |
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> need to be strangled by consensus, but we can't afford to rule by edict |
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> either. |
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> I'm happy that everybody seems to be getting along better, but council |
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> leadership requires maturity, and maturity is reflected by how people |
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> behave over the long haul. Cirianm's best bet to get accepted by the |
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> gentoo devs is to just start working with them - if he works positively |
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> with enough different people (especially those with different opinions) |
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> he'll have no trouble gaining their support. However, that is something |
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> that can take months or years - not weeks to a few months. I might be |
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> willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but that is just me. I'm |
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> not so sure I'd be eager to have him be a proxy if I were on the |
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> council. Sure, I'd be happy to yield my floor time to him if I thought |
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> he had something worth listening to, but a proxy is more than just a |
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> platform to talk - any mailing list subscriber already has that. |
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Agreed. |
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Zhang, Le |
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Gentoo/Loongson Developer |
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http://zhangle.is-a-geek.org |
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