From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7A3E5139694 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:47:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C71C82340A7; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:47:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-x235.google.com (mail-yw0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B43F2340A7 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:47:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yw0-x235.google.com with SMTP id v193so1674552ywg.2 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:47:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=rkZn4Ivhe5mFvFPzZ5MW4gakWuXV7HIXQ0QkeD+Z5uI=; b=hxnelrMWyRvi/sDWFqGBOvwakKrHKSTpfanVBpIXNQhftmBVthv1wCZowss08p0mnq HpfYWPaHbWuTDWm54EFsvmNHyY5r2b2yxIPUXn3VbWYWsfFLmpaJjGPY3mdN+pVL8KY9 yHg67D1htpSBsetmguAwLBh53TmkcE8yHCD6mjgpIbAi2r++jVVc7TKlK09qb0U6g4Fw j6wDchBeP6aN3T5IFCRE+DwWGfPuYDAQXM2iBmgr0vgm8eTDtmtEun0orpCJGzArmq75 GvUZASrT4l76PBNh/13b1waU3o3MxVkSy79XhanprI/qTeTJZrpDxepD9ZJOj3lvx2LA XiOQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=rkZn4Ivhe5mFvFPzZ5MW4gakWuXV7HIXQ0QkeD+Z5uI=; b=I6R6Yf4P2dPjzC/od689t4rb+HjXVvz6r1UsX40L2CAzpCjdLXXeQ0fh+WKXzZEcd9 Hc2fHhD8TqgZUYohJEc4u+GXb8Z8iKVXyam38vmdLhii2qQubm/2F4vKqD7J8y3Gipk2 3gnVMs3p7QBmEbz+Y2Ew9qgqU6njm9TktIGIMyDJICdtEtnWnZ2pAvLYnxIBAGcpvkZK YNFlaJpbAsFnT/d5M0Ogm9/cuR6H5HaRt591b5HIacPyCCfIMI5DJXGvSmaU1Q0HhsA1 s0yfNva1fiIlr+kloxBt4sZ6LkycXJAicVQ+XjvcpcWb77ezjlP2a35O7CpTTmKt6cGc jswA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw112rm/RnVX3ofLcenMDaIUs/NZcN3M0RvAvvEepEUaZZ9gqKZvth ls0yJEHCjGFnlOmFmCFztWT9wyN6GaoE X-Received: by 10.129.50.193 with SMTP id y184mr26657ywy.280.1499806072367; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:47:52 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-nfp@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.129.115.212 with HTTP; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 13:47:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <62afd384-381e-eafd-aff7-50728c6b6fed@gentoo.org> References: <62afd384-381e-eafd-aff7-50728c6b6fed@gentoo.org> From: Rich Freeman Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 16:47:51 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: UdTkRYMBrCBIUeWu-qiicx6Nfl4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Nominee manifestos? To: gentoo-nfp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 2ee6c578-dcaa-45fc-bcd6-ee776ed3bed5 X-Archives-Hash: 3f306898f22508ece93144798f24b4f7 On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Daniel Campbell wrote: > I understand that Trustees have a different role than Council members, > but given the difficulties in resolving some organizational issues for > the Foundation over the years, wouldn't it be easier for Foundation > members to choose their candidate(s) with some idea of what the > candidate(s) intend to do as Trustee? I see the wiki page for the > election includes a field for a manifesto, yet no nominee has one. > > It may give the Foundation a little momentum and encourage > participation. Thoughts? ++ - in general I find it difficult to rank anybody over reopen-nomination if they can't be bothered to describe their goals. I don't see why it would be any less important for Trustees than Council members. -- Rich