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On Thursday, January 5, 2017 1:19:19 PM EST Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:00 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. |
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> <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I also had thoughts of helping to provide funds for travel to developers, |
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> > and in a utopian world also provide development gear, laptop, etc. Gentoo |
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> > being a 501c6 like the NFL was, and PGA Tour. The PGA Tour provides |
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> > laptops to members, Tiger Woods etc. Gentoo could be doing the same with |
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> > proper organization, and a functional foundation. |
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> > So many things are possible with proper organization, leadership, and a |
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> > strong foundation.... |
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> Perhaps you mean a professional leadership and lots of money? I'm not |
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> convinced the average Gentoo developer would like Gentoo to run like |
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> the NFL, Canonical, or even Apache. None of these are small |
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> community-based organizations. |
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Works for FreeBSD, Gnome and many others. The idea is not to keep Gentoo |
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small. Also not to continue to run Gentoo via consensus. Even democracies |
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elect leaders who have their own agenda. They are not doing everything the way |
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everyone who voted for them would want everything done. |
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It is called Leadership! Most leaders do not lead by consensus. To lead you |
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will at times do things that will make others unhappy. While they may not be |
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happy with process, it is the outcome that matters. If people do not like the |
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outcome, new leader, new direction. |
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Every decision or action does not have to please everyone. Most organizations |
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are not run that way, if any. That sort of thinking will keep things in a |
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quagmire. You cannot please everyone all the time, or even some of the time. |
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Still must be leadership to reach some direction that is felt to be the best |
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for all. |
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Why leaders are typically elected more on ideals than a specific agenda. Not |
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sure anyone who has voted for someone, agrees with every decision that leader |
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made. |
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> I'd love to see something like an annual Gentoo conference, but part |
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> of me wonders if the changes we'd need to make to have such a thing |
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> would leave us happy with the result. |
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Why do people need to be happy? The difference between work and play is? |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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