Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Council nominations

[Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>]

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On 02:29 Mon 17 Jun     , Michael Palimaka wrote:
> In addition to those already nominated:
> 
> dberkholz

Thanks! Happy to accept. My time was rather tight over the past year as 
I made a huge career transition to a new job in a totally different 
field, but things are now calming down.

For anyone not familiar with me, I've been around long enough (since 
2003) that I've done a bit of pretty much everything. I've maintained 
hundreds of X and scientific packages, led teams in X and the desktop 
project, spent time on devrel as a recruiter, was a top-level project 
manager back in the old days, have been on the council on-and-off for a 
number of years, have experience as a foundation trustee, run our 
involvement in the Google Summer of Code, and more.

I'm well known for keeping a cool head even in the worst of flamewars 
and having reasonable, rational discussions.

My manifesto from last year was more about my approach to the council 
rather than any particular issues [1]. It hasn't changed much. In short:

- I continue to believe that technical advances are, and should be, 
driven by individuals. Given our volunteer culture, a council can't 
force people to do things they don't want to do, but it can help to 
break up disputes and roadblocks, and make global decisions when needed.

- I just had my 10th "anniversary" as a Gentoo developer in May, and I 
think it's important to represent the long-term philosophy and spirit 
behind Gentoo on the council so its decisions are consistent with what 
Gentoo stands for.

- Committees are a real problem, including the council. I continue to 
support the empowerment of team leads, project leads, etc to push down 
the decision-making authority. And I can't say I'd mind if we had a 
"council" of one.

- People are the heart of Gentoo, not code. I care deeply about the 
health of the community, because without the people we'd have no code 
and no project.

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Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Council Member / Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux <http://dberkholz.com>
Analyst, RedMonk <http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/>

1. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.project/2050

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