On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 02:01:58AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > The campaign period is open according to > <http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_002>, so here are two questions for all > of the candidates. > > 1. The past two years have seen higher numbers of candidates standing for DPL > than in the past. While our voting system has no problem scaling to seven > candidates, comments I've heard from a number of developers suggest that > a high number of candidates makes it more difficult for voters to > navigate the ballot and cast informed votes. I'm sure when platforms are > posted you'll tell us why each of you believes that you personally should > run, but what do you think about having seven candidates in this > election? Is it a healthy thing that we have so many developers willing > to sit in the hot seat, or is it a sign of fragmentation in the project > and a lack of strong leadership?
It's healthy to have good choices in any election. It might also be a sign that now more people are unhappy with certain areas in Debian, and therefore, more people are willing to run to attempt to work on these. Reading the platforms, I don't see so much fragmentation, the theme's most candidates want to address are similar. I do think the amount of candidates comes forth in part from unhappiness with the current leadership/candidates, like Bill Allombert wrote explicitely in his platform. I think the result last year showed that people want now some stronger leadership. I intend to provide that by both having a team of good people assisting in making hard decisions when that's needed, and at the same time, retaining ultimate responability myself to do whatever I deem needed even if the DPL team turns out to under-perform. The ultimate decision what I will do will remain with myself. > 2. If you are elected, do you currently think you would be interested in > running for re-election next year? Why or why not? Yes, but with some caveats. If things are going according to plan, I will be finishing off my studies during the 2007-2008 term. I do not want to be a DPL if I cannot commit the time to perform the tasks I'd be elected for, I take an elected office seriously. I hope one or more of the new DPL team people will turn out to be good candidates, and if so, can continue my work. I'll be definitely serving in a DPL team then to provide advice from my experience, and work on issues I can find the time for, provided I'm invited of course. If I feel I can commit the time or if I feel I have still some itch to scratch that I don't feel other candidates will scratch, I will surely run again. Having had the feeling of what is involved for a year, I think I already now can say that I won't just give up and drop out. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
