Gentoo Archives: gentoo-nfp

From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>
To: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Foundation membership, take 2
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:17:27
Message-Id: 425D616E.8040401@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Foundation membership, take 2 by Donnie Berkholz
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4 Donnie Berkholz wrote:
5 > Jochen Maes wrote:
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7 >>>I second this, I also would like to see every candidate to create a
8 >>>nice page explaining why they think they should be a good trustee.
9 >>>It's good to know what people stand for.
10 >
11 >
12 > Let's see. ... How about, "I stand for dealing with intellectual
13 > property issues and finances."
14 >
15 > I think this is a bad idea because what people stand for is largely
16 > irrelevant to a trustee's role, unless they actually have some position
17 > on the things the board really does rather than random stuff like, "I'm
18 > going to be the best trustee you've ever had because I'm so trusty."
19 > That successfully turns the whole thing into a political campaign too,
20 > which is annoying.
21
22 On the other hand, what _could_ be useful is a simple background page on
23 each candidate. Gentoo's getting so large that I'd guess a lot of people
24 don't even know what other people do.
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Re: [gentoo-nfp] Foundation membership, take 2 Lance Albertson <ramereth@g.o>