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Hi all, |
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for those of you who don't know me, I have been a Gentoo developer and a |
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member of base-system, QA, and the accessibility project for some time. |
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I have served on the council for several terms, and I would like to have |
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the priviledge of serving for another term. Below are my thoughts about |
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the council and what I think we can do. |
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I believe the council and trustees should be working as a team to lead |
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Gentoo. We serve different functions, so there is room for both groups. |
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We have been adversarial lately and I don't think this is good. As a |
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council member, I will work to improve this situation. |
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I feel that we need better code of conduct enforcement and possibly a |
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more clear code of conduct. I will work with the council and the |
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Community Relations team to make this happen. |
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The council should be asked to make a decision on an issue only when |
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the issue cannot be settled by the community itself. Innovations should |
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come from the developers, and the council should do what it can to |
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support these innovations. |
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When the council is asked to make a decision, it should be fully |
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informed about both sides of the issue before it votes. On the other |
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hand, the council should not block progress by taking an extremely long |
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time to make a decision. |
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We can learn from the past and improve upon it. Continuing |
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to do things like we have in the past is not a bad thing in itself. |
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However, using what we have done in the past to block change can be. I |
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understand that people are used to doing things a certain way. However, |
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that alone is not justification for continuing to do things the same way |
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in the future. if we need to make a change, we should make sure that |
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change is backward compatible with what we have, or if this is not |
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possible, provide the smoothest possible transition for our users. |
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Since the council doesn't maintain all of the packages, the council is |
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not going to know the technical details of how to make either of these |
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happen, so I don't feel that the council should mandate specific |
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implementations. |
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If anyone has any questions about anything I have said here, please feel |
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free to ask in this thread. |
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Other than that, thanks for your time and please participate in the |
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election. |
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William |
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