From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GGURl-0006ZT-TJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:41:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7P5el4W019217; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:40:47 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7P5cAwZ027618 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:38:11 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.105] (c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net [67.171.150.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 282B064752 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:38:10 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <44EE8CC0.8090200@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:38:08 -0700 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Macintosh/20060719) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Democracy: No silver bullet References: <44ECF00D.7050107@gentoo.org> <20060824145416.13761551@snowdrop.home> <1156458543.19720.57.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> In-Reply-To: <1156458543.19720.57.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig0059CFBA9F063017C3E35F99" X-Archives-Salt: 8e98d426-5c8f-45ea-a18f-60e142982a55 X-Archives-Hash: d6e9ba7edbaa6937a1c00304815dc148 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0059CFBA9F063017C3E35F99 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 14:54 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> Most of these problems could be solved if we had a council that was fa= r >> less spineless, a council that's prepared to address the *real* issues= >> rather than doing nothing, a council that shows leadership and provide= s >> direction where it's needed without screwing things up where it's not.= >=20 > I definitely agree here. What has made me decide to run for the counci= l > is my wish to see things improve before we honestly do start > hemorrhaging developers. We have seen indications that it is coming, > but it hasn't started quite yet. A strong leadership is needed to give= > us direction where needed, and also to leave people well enough alone > where it is not needed. I hope that all of the people elected to the > council are capable of doing both, as it really is what Gentoo seems to= > need. >=20 > I also would much rather see us return to a system where the merit of > ones work plays a more important role in the voice one has on global > issues. Perhaps the idea of "one man, one vote" simply doesn't work > well amongst a large group of volunteers with vastly differing levels o= f > involvement. Perhaps more voting is the answer. Truthfully, I do not > know. However, I lean on the side of a strong set of leaders having th= e > authority to make decisions, with limited voting only to establish the > leaders. After all, if they're voted into office by the majority, then= > the majority must want them to represent them, right? Yes, yes, yes! Thanks, Donnie --------------enig0059CFBA9F063017C3E35F99 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7ozAXVaO67S1rtsRAimiAJ9etGl5kvOJH6zwKN0iFC0o4efmKACeP25y QiDBiNW3lbmiUwxARG7Ia7c= =Kgpq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0059CFBA9F063017C3E35F99-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list