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From: Alice Ferrazzi <alicef@g.o>
To: gentoo-nfp <gentoo-nfp@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Nominee manifestos?
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 13:33:23
Message-Id: CANWzcUrD8=iyrgGJ5o439X3SCDHixXD5yTAqXCdUGfUdP7z4zg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Nominee manifestos? by "Michał Górny"
1 On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 > On śro, 2017-07-12 at 09:07 +0900, Alice Ferrazzi wrote:
3 >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Denis Dupeyron <calchan@g.o> wrote:
4 >> > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o> wrote:
5 >> > >
6 >> > > Thoughts?
7 >> >
8 >> >
9 >> > Ideally a manifesto would be required or at least useful. However...
10 >> >
11 >> > The year I ran (because I was begged to, for lack of candidates) I was the
12 >> > only one diligent enough to write a manifesto. And I wasn't elected. I may
13 >> > have been a bad candidate for that election, although honestly I thought I
14 >> > was the better candidate and I'm obviously unbiased, but it clearly shows
15 >> > manifestos are not a factor. This and the council elections are beauty
16 >> > contests. Very few people vote and those who do choose based on who they are
17 >> > friends with. The only thing a manifesto does in a Gentoo election is
18 >> > satisfy the conscience and ego of the author.
19 >> >
20 >>
21 >> yes, the manifesto is optional but someone have it.
22 >>
23 >> bit short but here is mine:
24 >> http://dev.gentoo.org/~alicef/trustee-manifesto.html
25 >
26 > Don't you think it would be appropriate to mention the source if your
27 > Manifesto is 90% copy-paste of somebody else's?
28 >
29 > --
30 > Best regards,
31 > Michał Górny
32
33 Updated
34
35 --
36 Thanks,
37 Alice Ferrazzi
38
39 Gentoo Kernel Project Leader
40 Mail: Alice Ferrazzi <alicef@g.o>
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