On 2007.07.21 10:47, Peter Weller wrote: [snip] > > Yes, I will accept. > > My main plans over the next few years would be to improve > communications (and (more importantly?) openness), not just between > developers, but also between herds, users, the Council, the Trustees, > upstream and so on. I'd particularly want to ensure that there is > better > communication between us (Gentoo) and projects such as Sabayon Linux > and Ainkaboot, as I believe that we can all make use of each other's > skills and ideas to provide better distribution(s). I'd encourage > "innovative" ideas and projects, such as the inclusion of, for > example, > XGL/Compiz/Beryl/Compiz-Fusion or whatever it's called these days. > I'd > also encourage the introduction of targets, as discussed by antarus > on > the -core ML. And all that kinda stuff. > > Now, I'm sure that a number of you would prefer everything to be > closed, kept private within a number of individuals, but if that *is* > the case, why on Earth are you involved with an *Open* Source > project, > such as Gentoo? Wouldn't you be better off using the likes of Adobe's > products and Microsoft's products? > > Yes, I am quite young. Yes, I could be considered relatively new to > the > project. Yes, I might make mistakes, but I also *learn* from > mistakes, > which some people seem to find hard. Being young/relatively new to > the > project will allow me to potentially bring a fresh view on things, > that > some of you old fuddy-duddies may or may not have thought of before. > And isn't that what Gentoo is about? New ideas, innovation, fresh > views, etc, etc. Anyway. Meh. I'm starting to waffle on. > > And I'm moving house at the beginning of August, I'm also going to > France sometime in August. Just some advanced warnings that I may not > be around so much during the voting period. > > Bai! >
Peter, That's the beginnings of a good election manifesto. All the candidates need to explain, if they are elected :- 1. What they will do 2. Why they will do it 3. How they will do it 4. Timescales for their plans. This information will allow the electorate to choose a team with similar aims, so we get a cohesive council, not a collection of individuals trying to take Gentoo in different directions. Any candidate unwilling to prepare such a manifesto should withdraw now as they clearly don't have the time or interest to take an active seat on the council. Like it or not, the council is more of a social/political body than a development body. Regards, Roy Bamford, (NeddySeagoon) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
