Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council 2014 / 2015 election

[hasufell <hasufell@gentoo.org>]

Anthony G. Basile:
> On 07/05/14 13:53, hasufell wrote:
>> Denis Dupeyron:
>>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>> ComRel and especially Infra are less broken and thus we shouldn't be
>>>> in as much of a rush to "fix" them.
>>>
>>> So, comrel and infra are less broken than QA, but they are broken. And
>>> it's not in so much of a rush but they need to be fixed. I take it
>>> you're going to join those two teams and help then. Judging by the
>>> copious amount and length of your emails on our lists, it looks like
>>> you have a lot of time on your hands. It's totally understandable
>>> that, council being what it is, you're in need for more action.
>>>
>>> Denis.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure if you are aware that rich0 is one of the very few active
>> council members.
> 
> That is not fair.  My sense of the council this year is that we worked
> very well together and got stuff done.  Also, we were evenly handed with
> situations that came forward and squashed some of the fires regarding QA
> and ComRel last year.
> 

See the next sentence which explains what I mean with "active".

>>
>> Active in the sense that he actually gets involved (both publicly and
>> privately), not only in technical discussions, but also in delicate
>> problems in the past where ComRel itself wasn't properly organized and
>> most people tried to avoid a very heated discussion.
>> It almost seems rich0 has taken over some of the "moderation" work which
>> maybe should be ComRel work instead, but currently isn't. So... IMO,
>> your point misses reality in more than one way.
>>


> 
> I don't know of any situation where the council has
> not responded to a request.
> 

Me neither.

I'm not sure what you did misunderstand here. I defined what I meant
with active and there are not many council members who are active in
that sense. That's a fact.
And my opinion is that this needs improvement, which is why I disagree
with Denis, strongly.