Hi Dave, I had considered running for Board, but wasn't sure if I could live up to the time commitment. I was debating with myself if run, right up until the application deadline passed.
For Council, my choice was easier. Doing council work seems to be challenging work. I applaud those who do it. For me, it's not so much the time commitment, but the mental CPU cycle requirement (to read up and understand proposed protocols/changes). I find that a difficult thing to do. In my caffeine-deprived head, these cycles are in limited supply. I, somewhat selfishness, like to reserve that for the other projects that I'm working on. It might not be the _best_ excuse for not running, but that's mine. Kind regards, Guus On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM Dave Cridland <[email protected]> wrote: > Entirely true story: This year, I fumble-fingered my votes on Board, and > realised I was just as happy with the outcome as if I had not. Great > candidates, and if the final board doesn't include me, I'll be happy that > the Board is made up of some really good people who'll do a lot for the > XSF. I mean, vote for me, of course, but actually if you vote for other > people we'll have a great Board anyway, so really just vote if you haven't > already. > > Council also has great candidates, and I'm particularly happy that not > only have most of the existing (very good) Council continued, but the "new" > slot will be filled by Jerôme, who should have run for Council years ago. > But it's a massive disappointment to see that we, as members, don't have a > choice - this has been the case for a couple of years. It's nice that the > choice we don't have is a great choice, of course. But it'd be better if we > had multiple great choices. > > So, two questions: > > - If you're a "technical" XSF member - written XEPs, write code, review > stuff, active in the technical discussions - what stops you from running > for Council? > - How can we encourage and enable people to run for Council? > > My answer to the first is actually simple enough - I've been out of the > loop for a couple of years, and now I'm laser-focused on the server-side > (and Metre barely counts as a server). Plus, been there and done that. And > finally, I worried about the commitment level - Council needs timely, > detailed, responses to things. > > My answer to the second mostly depends on everyone else's answers to the > first, though... > > Anyway, it'd be good if in a year's time, there's 7 or 8 people > volunteering for Council, like Board (bewilderingly) is now. > > Dave. >
