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On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 21:10 +0200, Torsten Veller wrote: |
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> Chris Gianelloni wolf31o2 |
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While I thank you for the nomination for next year's Gentoo Council, I |
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have decided that I no longer wish to be associated with the Gentoo |
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Council or any other form of "management" or "leadership" within Gentoo. |
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It is simply too stressful being harassed constantly by our developer |
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pool. I sincerely hope that whomever decides to run for Council this |
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year takes into account that of the original elected Council, two have |
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retired (both due to being tired of having the shit roll downhill to |
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them) from Gentoo completely, and three of the remaining aren't running |
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for re-election. |
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Being a Council member is the worst job in Gentoo. Be sure you're ready |
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to be treated like complete shit from your fellow developers all the |
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while having your integrity questioned daily before accepting your |
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nominations. I know that I wouldn't accept a position on the Gentoo |
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Council even if it was a paying job. |
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I've also come to realize that trying to give a single direction to |
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something like Gentoo is an extremely foolish endeavor. The better |
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solution is smaller projects and tasks that have defined goals and can |
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actually be accomplished. Any kind of general direction for the entire |
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distribution would either mean leaving out groups, or moving in a |
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direction that conflicts with the goals of our current groups. Don't |
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get me wrong, the Council is definitely needed. I just think their |
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focus should be on attainable and measurable goals, not lofty |
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dreamy-eyed goals with no real way to measure whether we're moving in |
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the right direction. |
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Rather than go into more and more what I think are major deficiencies in |
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what the Council can and can not do due to the ever-changing developer |
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pool, I think I'll just shut up now. If anyone wants to discuss with me |
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any of this stuff, feel free to contact me. |
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> Say YES or NO. |
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How about a resounding NO, instead? |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams |
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Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee |
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Gentoo Foundation |
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