I was not aware you were a candidate, Daniel. Did I miss your nomination? S.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 2:29 PM Daniel Armando Rodriguez < drodrig...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > El 2020-09-04 08:17, Michael Meeks escribió: > > Hi Andreas, > > > > On 03/09/2020 19:59, Andreas Mantke wrote: > >> b) TDF currently has 221 members and none of them asked any question > >> to > >> the candidates! > >> > >> That's something to think long and hard about. What does this mean to > >> the democratic culture of the foundation. It was created to get the > >> members / contributors a voice and a say. > > > > Fair enough =) good point - here are a few questions I came up > with. > > Please note - it is trivial to ask more questions in a few minutes than > > can be answered in a lifetime - but here are a few things I'd love to > > know > > from each candidate: > > > > What is the right list for that ? board-discuss I hope. > > > > * many MC members say they want to expand the membership. > > Given that LibreOffice is rather static in terms of its > > number of those involved in development: coding, UX, > > translation, documentation etc. > > > > + how do you plan to gain lots of new contributors ? > > Don't need to be 'a lot' > > > + Do you think we expand the membership by accpting > > more marginal contributions for membership cf. > > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership_Role#Contributing > > What's the 'more marginal contributions' meaning? > > > + what effect do you expect that to have on the project ? > > > > * If you've stood before, approximately how many people have > > you encouraged to apply for membership ? > > > > * How many applications have you voted against ? > > > > * Do you believe we should have a half-way house / badge > > between membership and non-membership that encourages > > a person, and gives the a path via more contribution to > > achieve full membership ? > > > > * When there are no concrete metrics (such as translated strings, > > code commits, wiki changes, ask comments, etc.) available to > > decide on a person's contribution; what is best practice for > > MC members vouching for their friends' contributions, and how > > should other MC members validate that ? > > > > * To what degree should the MC's decisions & discussion > > be transparent (ie. publicly available) ? > > Any relation to MC Open Letter? > > > * How do you believe we can improve the existing election > > system - assuming the statutes can be tweaked ? > > + I'm interested in where we have the situation that > > being too popular can stop you being able to > > engage at all as a deputy - as we saw with > > Miklos/Jona in the last MC election, and Kendy > > in the last Board election. > > 'Too popular'? What about that tiny little issue callled affiliation? > > > > > > -- > DAR > >
