Re: [gentoo-project] William Hubbs council manifesto 2018-2019

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:33 AM William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> What I meant to say makes no sense was your commentary above, which got
> deleted from this some how, about selection bias. That seems to be true
> for any elected position -- you have people running for the position who
> are interested in having the job. :-)
>

I don't see the disagreement here.  You seem to agree there is
selection bias, and are just extending it even further.

I agree with that.  Asking the Council whether we need a Council makes
as much sense as asking the Trustees whether we need a Foundation.

Obviously we are all smart people, and to an extent we can recognize
our biases and compensate.  I'm not saying they shouldn't have a say.
I'm just saying that in the end any proposals on ultimate direction
should probably go back to the voters, and ideally with more than just
a yes/no option (which is terrible for expressing mandate, and can
lead to distortions due to a lack of nuance - just look at Brexit).

-- 
Rich