On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:50:24PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 02:10:38AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > > > | Period | Start | End | > > > |------------+--------------------------+----------------------------| > > > | Nomination | Sunday, March 1st, 2009 | Saterday, March 7th, 2009 | > > > | Campaign | Sunday, March 8th, 2009 | Saterday, March 28th, 2009 | > > > | Vote | Sunday, March 29th, 2009 | Saterday, April 11th, 2009 | > > > > I suggest that potential DPL candidates start getting their platform > > > ready. I would like to receive them before the campaign period > > > start. > > > As I've apparently volunteered to moderate the debate again,[0] it > > falls to me to remind prospective candidates to calculate their > > schedule for the week of the 21st->28th, and soon after they self > > nominate forward the times during that week which they can absolutely > > not debate as well as times that they'd rather not debate to me. [This > > will help me to avoid having to schedule the debate smack in the > > middle of some erstwhile candidate's coffin time.[0.577]] > > > Those who have suggestions for alterations to the format can also make > > those known in a reply to this message (refer to last year's debate > > format[1] if you've forgotten what we did last year, suffer from > > amnesia or are incapable of forming long term memories or faking them > > by the creative use of google and blogs). > > > People who'd like to help run the debate and/or collect questions can > > also volunteer with a message to -vote. > > I'd like to raise the question of whether these IRC debates are really > something we should have. I know Don and the panelists put a lot of time > and effort into making the debates happen, which is part of why I ask the > question: is it really worth all this effort? What do we get out of a > three-hour real-time IRC debate that we don't already get from the > candidates' platforms and three weeks of discussion on debian-vote? > > All I see that we get is a measure of how comfortable the candidate is with > (English-language) IRC as a medium, which is just not that interesting to me > as a factor in deciding who I'm going to vote for as DPL. Is it to other > people, or are others getting something else out of this that I'm > overlooking? > > For the last two election cycles, I've ignored the IRC debate completely, > and I don't feel that I missed anything. Am I mistaken?
People gather their impressions and opinions about the candidates from a variety of settings, contexts, dialogs, meetings, etc. There are various inputs that folks use: does the person share my views on (the DFSG, the GPL, etc.), are they likeable, do they solve group conflicts well, are they from my country, have I worked with them on a project, did I meet them at a conference, and a lot of other things. Maybe folks decide who they would like before the voting starts which would avoid the need for anything like an IRC chat or a ML discussion. Would it useful to get a sense of how DD's determine who they vote for? A simple multiple choice questionaire with a few open ended options? or maybe ask if the IRC chat affect their choice in any election? -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org