| 1 |
On 02:29 Mon 17 Jun , Michael Palimaka wrote: |
| 2 |
> In addition to those already nominated: |
| 3 |
> |
| 4 |
> dberkholz |
| 5 |
|
| 6 |
Thanks! Happy to accept. My time was rather tight over the past year as |
| 7 |
I made a huge career transition to a new job in a totally different |
| 8 |
field, but things are now calming down. |
| 9 |
|
| 10 |
For anyone not familiar with me, I've been around long enough (since |
| 11 |
2003) that I've done a bit of pretty much everything. I've maintained |
| 12 |
hundreds of X and scientific packages, led teams in X and the desktop |
| 13 |
project, spent time on devrel as a recruiter, was a top-level project |
| 14 |
manager back in the old days, have been on the council on-and-off for a |
| 15 |
number of years, have experience as a foundation trustee, run our |
| 16 |
involvement in the Google Summer of Code, and more. |
| 17 |
|
| 18 |
I'm well known for keeping a cool head even in the worst of flamewars |
| 19 |
and having reasonable, rational discussions. |
| 20 |
|
| 21 |
My manifesto from last year was more about my approach to the council |
| 22 |
rather than any particular issues [1]. It hasn't changed much. In short: |
| 23 |
|
| 24 |
- I continue to believe that technical advances are, and should be, |
| 25 |
driven by individuals. Given our volunteer culture, a council can't |
| 26 |
force people to do things they don't want to do, but it can help to |
| 27 |
break up disputes and roadblocks, and make global decisions when needed. |
| 28 |
|
| 29 |
- I just had my 10th "anniversary" as a Gentoo developer in May, and I |
| 30 |
think it's important to represent the long-term philosophy and spirit |
| 31 |
behind Gentoo on the council so its decisions are consistent with what |
| 32 |
Gentoo stands for. |
| 33 |
|
| 34 |
- Committees are a real problem, including the council. I continue to |
| 35 |
support the empowerment of team leads, project leads, etc to push down |
| 36 |
the decision-making authority. And I can't say I'd mind if we had a |
| 37 |
"council" of one. |
| 38 |
|
| 39 |
- People are the heart of Gentoo, not code. I care deeply about the |
| 40 |
health of the community, because without the people we'd have no code |
| 41 |
and no project. |
| 42 |
|
| 43 |
-- |
| 44 |
Thanks, |
| 45 |
Donnie |
| 46 |
|
| 47 |
Donnie Berkholz |
| 48 |
Council Member / Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux <http://dberkholz.com> |
| 49 |
Analyst, RedMonk <http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/> |
| 50 |
|
| 51 |
1. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.project/2050 |
Archives