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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1ICHsa-0005SS-57 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:32:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6LGVW3u015039; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:31:32 GMT Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (c-24-6-168-204.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.6.168.204]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6LGSTjc010681 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:28:30 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 383082482F0 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:16:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6di6PK3VggeF for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:15:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from draco (draco.twi-31o2.org [192.168.0.12]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35924248079 for ; Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:15:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chrissy Fullam" To: References: <20070721104713.63b00c93@Aristotle.01welp.co.uk> (fromwelp@gentoo.org on Sat Jul 21 10:47:13 2007) <1185021069l.7247l.0l@spike> Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] Re: Nominations open for the Gentoo Council 2007/08 Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:28:47 -0700 Message-ID: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4073 Thread-Index: AcfLk26g53o0x2zyS46XrELnHVOUtAAH1W/g In-Reply-To: <1185021069l.7247l.0l@spike> X-Archives-Salt: b0c845d5-febb-469c-9db3-782f8276c6c4 X-Archives-Hash: 0de2916c72d23e60e84fbd89ff25f6f8 Roy Bamford wrote: >>On 2007.07.21 10:47, Peter Weller wrote: >> >> My main plans over the next few years would be to improve >> communications (and (more importantly?) openness), not just between >> developers, but also between herds, users, the Council, the Trustees, >> upstream and so on. >> >> I'd particularly want to ensure that there is >> better communication between us (Gentoo) and projects such as Sabayon >> Linux and Ainkaboot, as I believe that we can all make use of each >> other's skills and ideas to provide better distribution(s). >> >> I'd encourage "innovative" ideas and projects, such as the inclusion of, >> for example, XGL/Compiz/Beryl/Compiz-Fusion or whatever it's called >> these days. >> >> I'd also encourage the introduction of targets, as discussed by antarus on >> the -core ML. And all that kinda stuff. > That's the beginnings of a good election manifesto. All the candidates need > to explain, if they are elected :- > 1. What they will do > 2. Why they will do it > 3. How they will do it > 4. Timescales for their plans. > This information will allow the electorate to choose a team with similar aims, so > we get a cohesive council, not a collection of individuals trying to take Gentoo > in different directions. I like this line of thinking, it really helps the rest of us in our voting decisions when we know what your plans are. I also agree with Neddy when he says it would be best if we could elect a council with similar ideas instead of each person potentially having completely different ideas. That said, I don't think the questions Neddy stated above should wait to be answered until someone is elected, we'd really need to know that up front to make an informed decision. Welp it appears to me that you had four plans in your email, and by the way thank you for being first to state them. Could you go back over them and respond to the how you would plan on doing it and under what time frame? (Innovative ideas are great, but don't mean much if they cant be executed.) Kind regards, Christina Fullam Gentoo Developer Relations Lead | GWN Author -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list