Gentoo Archives: gentoo-nfp

From: Lance Albertson <ramereth@g.o>
To: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Foundation membership, take 2
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:19:39
Message-Id: 425D62AC.2010205@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Foundation membership, take 2 by Donnie Berkholz
1 Donnie Berkholz wrote:
2 > Jochen Maes wrote:
3 >
4 >>>I second this, I also would like to see every candidate to create a
5 >>>nice page explaining why they think they should be a good trustee.
6 >>>It's good to know what people stand for.
7 >
8 >
9 > Let's see. ... How about, "I stand for dealing with intellectual
10 > property issues and finances."
11 >
12 > I think this is a bad idea because what people stand for is largely
13 > irrelevant to a trustee's role, unless they actually have some position
14 > on the things the board really does rather than random stuff like, "I'm
15 > going to be the best trustee you've ever had because I'm so trusty."
16 > That successfully turns the whole thing into a political campaign too,
17 > which is annoying.
18
19 Yes, campaigning will be very annoying! I can just see all the posts on
20 planet.g.o now ... ".. and remember, vote for me because I'm cool!"
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22 Seriously though, I'd hate to see this turn into some popularity campaign.
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