Re: [gentoo-nfp] Nominee manifestos?

["M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@iee.org>]

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On 11/07/17 23:57, Denis Dupeyron wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Daniel Campbell <zlg@gentoo.org
> <mailto:zlg@gentoo.org>> wrote:
>
>     Thoughts?
>
>
> Ideally a manifesto would be required or at least useful. However...
>
> The year I ran (because I was begged to, for lack of candidates) I was
> the only one diligent enough to write a manifesto. And I wasn't
> elected. I may have been a bad candidate for that election, although
> honestly I thought I was the better candidate and I'm obviously
> unbiased, but it clearly shows manifestos are not a factor. This and
> the council elections are beauty contests. Very few people vote and
> those who do choose based on who they are friends with. The only thing
> a manifesto does in a Gentoo election is satisfy the conscience and
> ego of the author.
>
> And now, ladies and gentlemen, Rich's 10-page reply [1].
>
> Calchan
>
> [1] This is merely an attempt at preemptively defusing one of his
> dreaded novel-sized email bomb. Let's see if it works.
Forgive me .. but +1 .. to all of this ..

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