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 4FBDC1381F3 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:39:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5E589E0822; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f51.google.com (mail-vb0-f51.google.com [209.85.212.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B0359E0815 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:39:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f51.google.com with SMTP id x17so2213198vbf.38 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:39:09 -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=Pg8ktOz7d+14JaTNe+rtQwOqIRNHGWsCZjUJjLhVtAA=; b=FHxmTATxvafZV+fLBzDqweFaTDx0EtcHMAA5svwYc2mB9fx9WLFM7OaJVgEoMk7CKC bUY8n16k90fhu8NDcXvjNKF9n46EWrCmiX0iVYZAMSV01V7uxlw9RTjJ68BwUBrcx7RO pv6nXDPvZBlj+FYV+xLKbRWHz+vtZrdwVdvBZ6biS6qmA8ymM5W7e9sFanAiSKQRQf9o sw970s9UFU0vA1QO4E/YSZaGLMxtmj5RRyWD1FG0vhd/dQc7WOhplOnmHtAOi8vvUASl 2o2XAcc0dXhAkhWnFuSUMYiNvKTiRhaYlCgfg3VLUs6KEnp31L6YBu8qyfzaTa5U9ypB yKhw== 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 10.52.91.202 with SMTP id cg10mr590773vdb.85.1371494349729; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:39:09 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.73.3 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:39:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1371493020.2765.0@bluebottle> References: <51BF4809.2020201@gentoo.org> <1371493020.2765.0@bluebottle> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:39:09 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: -7EMbkeIJP6YXI6U3z3NvGfBfjg 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: 85c072d1-bb3b-4c5a-a066-3d0712d5a30d X-Archives-Hash: 0420d7cc73aa0cf2deb406501528f78f On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Roy Bamford wrote: > This is the correct list for "the hustings". > Candidates need not answer any questions and can feel free to answer > questions directed to other candidates too. They may also set out > their stall as they see fit in their manifesto(s). While I agree that such traffic is not technically off-topic, I'm not sure it is really the most efficient way to learn about the candidates (could you imagine the potential size of such a thread, with an endless series of questions posed by voters and responses by candidates intermixed?). 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. As we actually get into the voting period the result will be a bunch of informative manifestos that people can read once and a couple of isolated pages of support that everybody can ignore, and not a 5000-post flamewar as people debate questions, answers, and so on. And if you really just want to know how one candidate feels about xyz, send them an email - they can update their manifesto if they feel the community would like to hear their answer. Rich