From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9541381F3 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:02:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A77AE0997; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:02:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f171.google.com (mail-ve0-f171.google.com [209.85.128.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1A52E09B6 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:02:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f171.google.com with SMTP id b10so2545365vea.16 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=VsmIeHb/4P9T+NWvUJQuZE+WW7cUj9K1sX5cEjyCzbk=; b=pigclNQHA0f3+VbP+2H5n1l96VStXDizDxWjGOTYNNBuPVTcELMK6XvRf/8/Slio1p HMO3ckQMNOqyz/wU/IW6bRXbQWcADigCUuc+UMFizsK9pHX9n6y3UVUN2BU2WDXLc2ul +ycMs+zT7Q7xsIgd1FZp6bsbhTMTnFBDgWhf23VqYS3n5FQEefr4v8E9z9JytVRSq4qN Luir6wBtgfI9Bw0nqVkW9JXIZZfLnIEOOhoFQx5Vl37yGoN905KfvjhuYKs4z2vGDf/r 3gBnze8kFnihGQM3eEyd0wsDzChPhrkzoigSmeoRJzKlsEmrSU4B9zUyObvHnYweJZRe bQGg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.59.69 with SMTP id k5mr4410594vch.34.1371502931898; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:11 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.73.3 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:02:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20927.27971.609030.30061@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> References: <51BF4809.2020201@gentoo.org> <1371493020.2765.0@bluebottle> <20927.27971.609030.30061@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:02:11 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: etEkyUofpYgKxzqZEvx6gc0xzEA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Questioning/Interviewing council nominees From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: ffb08270-313b-4087-90d9-282daa95eca5 X-Archives-Hash: 59437666bac932437a7a3b5618761c79 On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, 17 Jun 2013, Rich Freeman wrote: > >> Why not do it this way: We set up one thread (easily filtered for >> those who wish to do so) with the Subject "Questions for >> Candidates." Anybody who cares can pose a question with context if >> you must (questions preferred over speeches). Then let candidates >> just edit their manifestos addressing whatever questions they care >> to answer. If somebody has a neurotic need to keep their personal >> version of the score by all means post a table somewhere and >> announce it once, but we don't need a running commentary - this >> isn't politico. > > This won't work, because not all candidates will have a manifesto. > Then they can do a one-time post with answers to whatever questions they want, or ignore them altogether. Same thing as a manifesto, really (just a statement of what they're about). The essence is separate the questions and the answers so that candidates can just review a list of questions, and voters can just read at most one concise statement per candidate, rather than a back-and-forth thread. Seems to be doing fine so-far... Rich