On 19:18 Thu 02 Jun     , Roy Bamford wrote:
> Gentoo Community,
> 
> In a few hours from now, at Fri June 3rd 00:00:01 UTC nominations for 
> the Gentoo council will open. Nominations will remain open for a period 
> of two weeks, until Fri June 17th 00:00:01 UTC.
> 
> Nominations are open to anyone. Candidates and voters are limited to 
> the roll call list
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/roll-call/userinfo.xml
>  
> Nominated candidates must accept nominations before the nomination 
> period closes to progress into the final ballot. Self nomination (and 
> acceptance) is permitted. 

My kids are finally old enough that I have free time, so I'd also like 
to run for the council again.

I served on the council for two terms from 2007-2009. I'd welcome the 
opportunity to provide the perspective of someone who has a long history 
with Gentoo and a deep understanding of our philosophy and culture (I 
joined in 2003 — wow, that's 8 years!). I plan on sending more detail 
later, but my interests as a council member include:

- creating a great community,

- making progress now instead of waiting years for perfection,

- removing bureaucracy in favor of more agile development & meritocracy,

- promoting innovation from individual developers instead of expecting
  it to all come from the top, and

- getting rid of policies that were created for a single incident, 
  because they should only exist for patterns of repeated problems.

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.com