Re: [gentoo-nfp] Please communicate with us verses blogging at us

[Richard Freeman]

Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> By pleading his case to the
> community, and more specifically, his fans, he drums up grass roots
> support before many of the people within Gentoo are even aware of the
> issue.

Ironically - by doing this he actually tended to galvanize the developer 
base against him and make then suspicious of his motives.  This really 
isn't how a leader acts.

I'll be brief as philantrop's reply was far better than anything I'm 
going to write here.

He hasn't done anything to lead the devs in this effort.  He has only 
sought to lead the users in a revolution to try to pressure the devs 
into putting him in charge - polarizing everything into sides which is 
counterproductive.  To lead somebody you must be on their side - not 
against them.

Sure, Gentoo needs leadership.  However, a true leader will naturally be 
chosen to lead by his peers - he doesn't need to manipulate his way into 
position with legal powers to hold the masses at bay.  You don't need a 
vote on the council to lead the council - you need to propose a good 
idea and influence the community - and it will be approved.  Those who 
are on the council are those who have impressed the developers in the 
past with their ability to do exactly this.  They aren't on the council 
SO that they can be leaders - but rather BECAUSE they are leaders.
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