Re: [gentoo-project] RFC: GLEP - Require Projects to report to Council Monthly

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Saturday, January 21, 2017 11:27:49 PM EST Daniel Campbell wrote:
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> Agreed. If there's interest in growing Gentoo, it should be Gentoo
> developers who care enough about it to do something,

Then why isn't Gentoo growing? For a very long time now.

This attitude that Gentoo is its developers is VERY wrong. There is allot that 
comes from the community. Most developers started as members of the community.

Gentoo developers are NOT the only ones who do the work. They are not the only 
ones who care, and at times some would say they are the ones allowing neglect.
Gentoo Developers have a proven track record of only carrying about things 
that are of interest to them. NOT Gentoo over all, big difference.

> like maffblaster
> who started/resurrected the gentoo-news project. *That* is something
> that could engage the community and keep people up-to-date on what's
> going on.

Yes as it did before and the GWN and even monthly ended for a reason.

> Naturally, it'll need more developers to be involved, but
> every large thing started out small, so it has tons of room to grow.

Really interesting how you start with saying it will take developers, then end 
with saying it needs more developers..

> Making this thing or that thing mandatory adds to the already protracted
> processes of our structure. It's an idea that sounds good in general but
> when applied to our context (non-profit, volunteer work), it doesn't work.

I like how something not tired is known not to work. Go look around your 
community. Find a non profit or volunteer somewhere. See if you are not 
required to do stuff.

People need to get past this volunteer npo BS. It is an excuse not reality!!!

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William L. Thomson Jr.