Re: [gentoo-nfp] Nominee manifestos?

[Daniel Campbell]

On 07/11/2017 03:57 PM, Denis Dupeyron wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Daniel Campbell <zlg@g.o
> <mailto:zlg@g.o>> wrote:
>
>     Thoughts?
>
>
> Ideally a manifesto would be required or at least useful. However...
>
> The year I ran (because I was begged to, for lack of candidates) I was
> the only one diligent enough to write a manifesto. And I wasn't elected.
> I may have been a bad candidate for that election, although honestly I
> thought I was the better candidate and I'm obviously unbiased, but it
> clearly shows manifestos are not a factor. This and the council
> elections are beauty contests. Very few people vote and those who do
> choose based on who they are friends with. The only thing a manifesto
> does in a Gentoo election is satisfy the conscience and ego of the author.
>
> And now, ladies and gentlemen, Rich's 10-page reply [1].
>
> Calchan
>
> [1] This is merely an attempt at preemptively defusing one of his
> dreaded novel-sized email bomb. Let's see if it works.

On the plus side, a manifesto can be reused and edited each year. I
can't speak for other Foundation members or developers, but manifestos
and general involvement in the distro (incl. commits, helping less
experienced developers, strong technical leaders, forum/IRC ops,
#g-dev-help, etc) have steered my vote far more than which group I am
(or rather, aren't) in. Perhaps it's naïve of me to assume others would
do the same, but I'd like to believe we want to elect competent leaders
rather than our best buds.

The recent Council election results confirm that Gentoo is interested in
shaking things up a little. I think discussion of goals and directions
had a lot to do with that change. Maybe I'm wrong. If you ever decide to
run again, I'd be glad to read your take on things.

~zlg
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