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On 06/16/2013 12:29 PM, Michael Palimaka wrote: |
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> In addition to those already nominated: |
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> zero_chaos |
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I am honored by the nomination. Gentoo has meant a lot to me over the |
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past decade or so, and so it is with great pride that I accept this |
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nomination. |
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Although I've only been a gentoo developer for a short time (just barely |
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long enough to accept this nomination as a matter of fact) I feel I can |
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bring some fresh blood to the council chambers. |
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In my short time with gentoo I have brought several things to the |
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council, as well as attended as many meetings as reasonably possible |
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(~half) around my currently wild work schedule. In that time I've |
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noticed some things which really disturb me and I'd like to fix. |
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If elected, I hereby promise (not a politician so this should mean |
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something) that I will do everything possible to get the council to |
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actually explain their decisions. I feel very strongly that the biggest |
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problem with the previous council was a perceived (real or imaginary) |
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lack of action. Some of the council members seemed to immediately vote |
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"let's do nothing" or "this isn't a council problem" on every single |
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issue. While I have to agree that sometimes this is the correct course |
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of action, it was often the choice of the council to do nothing AND |
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explain nothing, the latter part being unacceptable in my eyes. As a |
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user of gentoo, a developer of gentoo, and the maintainer of a large |
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overlay and livecd (pentoo), I feel that the worst thing the council can |
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do is say "not our problem" and leave it at that. Explanations must be |
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given, as well as definite steps forward or explanations of why there |
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will be none. |
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Most of you reading this also read -dev, and I'm sure many of you live |
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on irc (as I do when not traveling for work) and know that I can be very |
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opinionated. It is certainly true that if I believe I am right I will |
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challenge anyone to prove me wrong, I am also willing to accept when I |
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am wrong. I realize I appear hot headed at times, but decisions are |
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made based on calm collected reasoning as well as the guidance of the |
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many developers who are more experienced than I am. Nothing I have ever |
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done was done in a vacuum, I have been completely transparent about my |
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goals, my work, and my ideals since I started working on pentoo 7 years ago. |
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tl;dr |
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As such, here is my main goal for the council, elected or otherwise: |
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Transparent reasoning for decisions made, especially when the decision |
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is to do nothing. |
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No one likes to feel like they aren't being heard. Nothing is worse |
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than given a technical argument and simply being told "no" or "this |
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isn't our problem". |
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No one pays me to work on gentoo, I'm not a software developer (etc) by |
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trade, I'm here on my own because I love gentoo and I want to see it |
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improve, and I believe everyone who reads the mailing lists will agree |
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there is a lot of room for that improvement at this time. |
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Thanks, |
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Zero_Chaos |
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