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Hi Everyone, |
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I just wanted to put a few thoughts out there as people contemplate |
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nominees and the elections for the Gentoo Council. I personally am on |
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the fence about running this year, because I think there are a lot of |
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talented people who *should* be on the council. |
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Now that I've said that (the "*should*" bit), let me expand on its |
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meaning a little. I think the Council idea is great. However, I think |
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the Council should be charged with a little bit of direction-setting and |
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leadership as well. In the past year, the council did make some |
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decisions, and helped to mediate some controversial issues. |
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There were a couple of things which I thought were lacking, however: |
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1. The council was (by design?) a reactive force, rather than a |
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pro-active force. |
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2. There's no way to follow through on the Council's decisions. |
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I think these points involve *every* gentoo developer (and would-be |
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developer) and not just the Council. If you have a GLEP or an idea and |
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it gets approved by the council, now what? That's the thing: follow |
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through on it! A question is, perhaps, should the council follow-up with |
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previously approved GLEPs and inquire as to status updates? |
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For an exemplar of the way I think the council should be is |
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Spanky/vapier. Solar also does this well. Both of them take a |
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leadership role in general in the project and are generally respected |
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and admired for it. They both have great ideas and a vision. I think |
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that should be explored further. This project needs some leadership, as |
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the events of the past few months show fairly clearly. |
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Thanks for listening, |
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Seemant Kulleen <seemant@g.o> |
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Gentoo Foundation / Gentoo Linux |
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