Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017, Jan Kurik wrote: > I do not see the conflict of interests here. Justin is one of > volunteers (for several election cycles already) who contacts all > candidates at the beginning of Campaign period providing them with > instructions how to work with CommOps team to publish their > interviews. I really do not think that people helping with > administrative work behind elections should be punished by their > exclusion from nominations. > > Anyone in the community can add a question into the questionnaire > during the nomination period. And it is free will of a nominee which > questions he/she answers in the interview. > Hi all, Thanks for your interest in the election process – I appreciate everyone that has offered constructive feedback on ways to improve the election process. Together with Jan, this is something that CommOps has been trying to help assist with and promote more engagement and interest in the elections. The questionnaire process is open for the community to add their own questions for candidates during the election process on the wiki. As with previous release cycles, CommOps helps create HTML interview templates to make it easier for candidates to answer the questions and get their interviews posted. This happened in this PR: https://pagure.io/fedora-commops/pull-request/113 Once the campaign period started, I checked for any new questions, then merged the PR and personally emailed the templates to all candidates. There was a lot of feedback and comments about ways the Election app could be improved as well. https://pagure.io/elections After talking with some members of the Infrastructure team, hopefully after this election cycle ends, a newer version of the Elections app with an improved design a few other things will be online in time for the next election. However, there's still a lot of work that needs to be done. There are a few issues already filed, including… * Add support for Fedora Badges (in the same style as Nuancier) * Nominate candidates from Elections app * Submit questionnaire questions from Elections app * Add eligibility checks for candidates This isn't comprehensive, but if you have suggestions, please feel free to file an issue in the meanwhile: https://pagure.io/elections/issues Or better yet, if you'd like to help with development on this project, there's definitely a strong need for some improvements that could have a significant impact on overall engagement, interest, and participation in the elections. For a start, it could probably use some love to move over to Python 3. :) Thanks again for everyone that has offered constructive feedback on the elections! -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflo...@gmail.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On 16 August 2017 at 13:02, Ralf Corsepiuswrote: > On 08/16/2017 05:50 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > >> >> >> On 16 August 2017 at 03:38, Till Maas opensou...@till.name>> wrote: >> >> Am 15. August 2017 15:47:49 MESZ schrieb Jan Kurik >> >: >> >> >I am personally not convinced this will help as the set of questions >> >in Questionnaire is almost the same for the last several elections, >> as >> >we copy them from one elections to another. So, candidates can >> prepare >> >them self in advance even now. However, I do not see a reason why we >> >can not start collection of questions for the Questionnaire one week >> >earlier. I can modify the schedule for F27 release cycle, if agreed. >> >> Would it be possible to have longer nomination and election periods? >> In other processes such as removal of packages and the no responsive >> maintainer process we have much longer waiting times (6 weeks) to >> account for vacations and other commitments. >> >> >> We had this in the past, and candidates had complained that it was taking >> too long for an election to occur with so few people voting. >> > > Do you realize that this time the election period was midst of the summer > holiday season, which means many people probably were off at least for some > time? > > Yes, and you cut off the part where I put in a proposal to not have it again. Beyond that I have nothing else to say. -- Stephen J Smoogen. ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On 08/16/2017 05:50 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: On 16 August 2017 at 03:38, Till Maas> wrote: Am 15. August 2017 15:47:49 MESZ schrieb Jan Kurik >: >I am personally not convinced this will help as the set of questions >in Questionnaire is almost the same for the last several elections, as >we copy them from one elections to another. So, candidates can prepare >them self in advance even now. However, I do not see a reason why we >can not start collection of questions for the Questionnaire one week >earlier. I can modify the schedule for F27 release cycle, if agreed. Would it be possible to have longer nomination and election periods? In other processes such as removal of packages and the no responsive maintainer process we have much longer waiting times (6 weeks) to account for vacations and other commitments. We had this in the past, and candidates had complained that it was taking too long for an election to occur with so few people voting. Do you realize that this time the election period was midst of the summer holiday season, which means many people probably were off at least for some time? Ralf ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On 16 August 2017 at 03:38, Till Maaswrote: > Am 15. August 2017 15:47:49 MESZ schrieb Jan Kurik : > > >I am personally not convinced this will help as the set of questions > >in Questionnaire is almost the same for the last several elections, as > >we copy them from one elections to another. So, candidates can prepare > >them self in advance even now. However, I do not see a reason why we > >can not start collection of questions for the Questionnaire one week > >earlier. I can modify the schedule for F27 release cycle, if agreed. > > Would it be possible to have longer nomination and election periods? In > other processes such as removal of packages and the no responsive > maintainer process we have much longer waiting times (6 weeks) to account > for vacations and other commitments. > > We had this in the past, and candidates had complained that it was taking too long for an election to occur with so few people voting. I don't know if there is any happy medium here. The other suggestion was to cut off from release based dates to set dates in the year. This also has problems but could allow for a clearer "You will need to put in for candidacy on April 15th. Interviews need to be posted on May 1st. Election ends May 14th, announcement May 15" > Kind regards > Till > ___ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- Stephen J Smoogen. ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
Am 15. August 2017 15:47:49 MESZ schrieb Jan Kurik: >I am personally not convinced this will help as the set of questions >in Questionnaire is almost the same for the last several elections, as >we copy them from one elections to another. So, candidates can prepare >them self in advance even now. However, I do not see a reason why we >can not start collection of questions for the Questionnaire one week >earlier. I can modify the schedule for F27 release cycle, if agreed. Would it be possible to have longer nomination and election periods? In other processes such as removal of packages and the no responsive maintainer process we have much longer waiting times (6 weeks) to account for vacations and other commitments. Kind regards Till ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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Am 15. August 2017 16:55:02 MESZ schrieb Ben Rosser: >I would go so far as to say answering the questionnaire, or at least >giving >a brief statement about your goals for the position, should be a >*requirement* for running for an elected position in the project. Hi Ben, I like your idea of providing a short goal statement. I do not believe it is beneficial to add more hard requirements for candidates. There are already not enough candidates in my opinion. It is a voluntary position. One important factor why I volunteered as a candidate is to give people a choice and to help where help is needed. From what I understand your proposal would make the election moot because it would make Justin the only eligible candidate. Kind regards Till ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
Am 16. August 2017 02:01:09 MESZ schrieb Kevin Kofler: >Jan Kurik wrote: >> It was the one sent to you by Justin with subject "[Fedora elections] >> ausil: Your Council interview template". > >Wait, are we talking about the same Justin there? I.e., was one of the >candidates really also in charge of asking the interview questions? I >sense >an obvious conflict of interest there. Who proves that the questions >were >actually sent to the other candidates and that all the replies received >were >actually published? The interviews really ought to be conducted by >somebody >who is NOT a candidate. > >Kevin Kofler >___ >devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Hey Kevin, you are sceptical, which is good. You can easily ask the candidates if their interview was not publishes. I received the mails from Justin and the interview I submitted was published. Nick Bebout helped with it. As long as no candidate claims there was some wrongdoing I do not see any reason to doubt Jason. Would you be willing to oversee the next election? Kind regards Till ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:01 AM, Kevin Koflerwrote: > Jan Kurik wrote: >> It was the one sent to you by Justin with subject "[Fedora elections] >> ausil: Your Council interview template". > > Wait, are we talking about the same Justin there? I.e., was one of the > candidates really also in charge of asking the interview questions? I sense > an obvious conflict of interest there. Who proves that the questions were > actually sent to the other candidates and that all the replies received were > actually published? The interviews really ought to be conducted by somebody > who is NOT a candidate. I do not see the conflict of interests here. Justin is one of volunteers (for several election cycles already) who contacts all candidates at the beginning of Campaign period providing them with instructions how to work with CommOps team to publish their interviews. I really do not think that people helping with administrative work behind elections should be punished by their exclusion from nominations. Anyone in the community can add a question into the questionnaire during the nomination period. And it is free will of a nominee which questions he/she answers in the interview. Regards, Jan > Kevin Kofler > ___ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Wednesday, 16 August 2017 at 02:01, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Jan Kurik wrote: > > It was the one sent to you by Justin with subject "[Fedora elections] > > ausil: Your Council interview template". > > Wait, are we talking about the same Justin there? I.e., was one of the > candidates really also in charge of asking the interview questions? I sense > an obvious conflict of interest there. Who proves that the questions were > actually sent to the other candidates and that all the replies received were > actually published? The interviews really ought to be conducted by somebody > who is NOT a candidate. Kevin, please calm down and stop implying that Justin might have acted inappropriately unless you have proof. I don't know if everyone got the questionnaire mailed to them individually, but it was announced publicly in advance (two times, even), for example on fedora-devel: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AJX3FF47CXZ5JMDP2524YPBNU4GFTDAL/ and my reminder was Cc'd to Jan Kurik, so you can direct this question to him. As for publishing, Justin is indeed one of the Community Blog editors, but he's not the only one. The full list is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Community_Blog#Editors . Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
Jan Kurik wrote: > It was the one sent to you by Justin with subject "[Fedora elections] > ausil: Your Council interview template". Wait, are we talking about the same Justin there? I.e., was one of the candidates really also in charge of asking the interview questions? I sense an obvious conflict of interest there. Who proves that the questions were actually sent to the other candidates and that all the replies received were actually published? The interviews really ought to be conducted by somebody who is NOT a candidate. Kevin Kofler ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
El mar, 15-08-2017 a las 22:37 +0200, Jan Kurik escribió: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:22 PM, Dennis Gilmore> wrote: > > El mar, 15-08-2017 a las 12:36 +0200, Kevin Kofler escribió: > > > Jan Kurik wrote: > > > > # votes | name > > > > - +-- > > > > 505 | Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory7) > > > > - +-- > > > > > > No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the > > > questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. > > > (Though I > > > personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even > > > close to > > > what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future > > > candidates! > > > > > > Kevin Kofler > > > > What questionnaire? I was not asked to fill one out, I would have > > done > > so if asked. > > It was the one sent to you by Justin with subject "[Fedora elections] > ausil: Your Council interview template". okay, must have been when I had mail server issues the other week as I do not have it that I can find. No biggie, Justin is doing good work in Fedora and I am possitive that he will do an excellent job Dennis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:22 PM, Dennis Gilmorewrote: > El mar, 15-08-2017 a las 12:36 +0200, Kevin Kofler escribió: >> Jan Kurik wrote: >> > # votes | name >> > - +-- >> > 505 | Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory7) >> > - +-- >> >> No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the >> questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. >> (Though I >> personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even >> close to >> what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future candidates! >> >> Kevin Kofler > What questionnaire? I was not asked to fill one out, I would have done > so if asked. It was the one sent to you by Justin with subject "[Fedora elections] ausil: Your Council interview template". Regards, Jan > Dennis > ___ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
El mar, 15-08-2017 a las 12:36 +0200, Kevin Kofler escribió: > Jan Kurik wrote: > > # votes | name > > - +-- > > 505 | Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory7) > > - +-- > > No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the > questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. > (Though I > personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even > close to > what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future candidates! > > Kevin Kofler What questionnaire? I was not asked to fill one out, I would have done so if asked. Dennis signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 08:11:15PM +0300, Benson Muite wrote: > Would be happy to help with linking interviews. > > Benson > > On 08/15/2017 08:08 PM, Brian Exelbierd wrote: > > > > > > > >On Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 05:49 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > > > > > Just linking to the User page is not enough, > > > because those vary widely and often don't contain any info relevant for > > > elections. > > > >This came up in another conversation I was having today. I agree > >with linking to the interviews, however that may require some code > >changes and "care and feeding" we don't have the capacity for (any > >volunteers?). > > > >As an interim measure, Jan, could you modify the interview > >instructions to include "and add a link to your published > >interview at the top of your wiki user page"? > > > >This will add value and solve some of this. It's not a huge > >request of a candidate. I think I was able to add some links myself a few elections back (the page was not protected), but in the last elections this wasn't possible (and there weren't many interviews to link to either). Zbyszek ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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Would be happy to help with linking interviews. Benson On 08/15/2017 08:08 PM, Brian Exelbierd wrote: On Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 05:49 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > Just linking to the User page is not enough, > because those vary widely and often don't contain any info relevant for > elections. This came up in another conversation I was having today. I agree with linking to the interviews, however that may require some code changes and "care and feeding" we don't have the capacity for (any volunteers?). As an interim measure, Jan, could you modify the interview instructions to include "and add a link to your published interview at the top of your wiki user page"? This will add value and solve some of this. It's not a huge request of a candidate. Regards, bex ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017, at 05:49 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > Just linking to the User page is not enough, > because those vary widely and often don't contain any info > relevant for> elections. This came up in another conversation I was having today. I agree with linking to the interviews, however that may require some code changes and "care and feeding" we don't have the capacity for (any volunteers?). As an interim measure, Jan, could you modify the interview instructions to include "and add a link to your published interview at the top of your wiki user page"? This will add value and solve some of this. It's not a huge request of a candidate. Regards, bex ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 06:58:00PM +0530, Parag Nemade wrote: > Just a suggestion, election wrangler can ask for submitting and preparing > the final questionnaires in advance maybe before the nomination period > starts so that probable candidate can know about them and they can start > preparing for their answers along with their nomination and submit it for > blog publishing review during nomination period. These blogs can be > published then in Campaign period. I am not sure but I guess publishing > these interviews also takes some amount time if no one is available to > review them. I'd like to make this even stronger: all interviews should be published *before* the voting period starts and linked directly from the voting page. (I always vote when I get the announcement from wrangler, because I'd otherwise most likely forget to vote, and if the interviews are not available then, I'm not going to go back later and change my vote when they appear.) Unless we want people to vote just for people they happen to know, we have to make it easier to view information about the activity in Fedora and platform of candidates. Just linking to the User page is not enough, because those vary widely and often don't contain any info relevant for elections. Zbyszek ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 03:47:49PM +0200, Jan Kurik wrote: > I am personally not convinced this will help as the set of questions > in Questionnaire is almost the same for the last several elections, as > we copy them from one elections to another. So, candidates can prepare > them self in advance even now. However, I do not see a reason why we > can not start collection of questions for the Questionnaire one week > earlier. I can modify the schedule for F27 release cycle, if agreed. Sounds good to me. Thanks! -- Matthew MillerFedora Project Leader ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Silvia Sanchezwrote: > > I don't think Justin won *only* because of the interview but I do think > it had a lot to do. > Personally, I think that dedicating some time to answer these questions > (it doesn't take that much anyway, I know because I did it for FAmSCo) > shows interest and commitment. > My 2 cents. > I agree. I know that, for example, I wasn't personally familiar with two of the Council candidates' history in the Fedora project (and most of the FAmSCo candidates, for that matter). I didn't know why they wanted to run, what their goals for the project were, etc. If they'd filled out the interview it would have been much clearer what their positions were and why I should vote for them and what they might focus on if elected. I would go so far as to say answering the questionnaire, or at least giving a brief statement about your goals for the position, should be a *requirement* for running for an elected position in the project. Ben Rosser ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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I don't think Justin won only because of the interview but I do think it had a lot to do.Personally, I think that dedicating some time to answer these questions (it doesn't take that much anyway, I know because I did it for FAmSCo) shows interest and commitment.My 2 cents. On Tue, 2017-08-15 at 15:21 +0200, Radka Janekova wrote: > > I agree with Kevin on the interviews. Personally I find them very > important > > and read them religiously. > > Even though I'm fairly active in certain areas of Fedora, there are > many candidates > > (especially for famsco and council) whom I don't know and haven't > interacted > > with at all. Doing the review on time is also a sign of commitment > and > > organizational skills ;) > > You misunderstood me, I never said that they were not important. I > meant that you can't and shouldn't say that Justin won only and only > because nobody else did their interview. That statement would be > wrong on multiple levels. > > > Radka > > > > Radka Janeková > .NET & OpenShift Engineer, Red Hat > radka.ja...@redhat.com > IRC: radka | Freenode: Rhea > > > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek @in.waw.pl> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 02:35:48PM +0200, Radka Janekova wrote: > > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > > > > > > > I don't think that it has much to do with others not answering > > questions. > > > > > Justin was very high in the results last election as well, and > > has been > > > > > doing great job all around Fedora project for a long time now. > > > > > > > > I agree with Kevin on the interviews. Personally I find them very > > important > > > > and read them religiously. > > > > Even though I'm fairly active in certain areas of Fedora, there are > > many candidates > > > > (especially for famsco and council) whom I don't know and haven't > > interacted > > > > with at all. Doing the review on time is also a sign of commitment > > and > > > > organizational skills ;) > > > > > > > > > > No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out > > the > > > > > > questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. > > (Though I > > > > > > personally did not vote for him because the answers were not > > even close to > > > > > > what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future > > candidates! > > > > Hmmm, that's intersting too. In the interview, flory7 talks about > > > > increasing communication and interconnectedness of different > > > > initiatives. Then about increasing new contributor retention. Then > > to > > > > "represent the perspectives, views, and ambitions of a wide range > > of > > > > contributors and to help connect the community". Do you disagree > > with > > > > those goals, or do you think that the focus should be on something > > else? > > > > I'm intrigued. > > > > > > > > Zbyszek > > > > ___ > > > > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > > > ___ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 3:32 PM, Matthew Millerwrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 06:58:00PM +0530, Parag Nemade wrote: >> Just a suggestion, election wrangler can ask for submitting and preparing >> the final questionnaires in advance maybe before the nomination period >> starts so that probable candidate can know about them and they can start >> preparing for their answers along with their nomination and submit it for >> blog publishing review during nomination period. These blogs can be >> published then in Campaign period. I am not sure but I guess publishing >> these interviews also takes some amount time if no one is available to >> review them. > > Jan, maybe a little longer between nomination and voting period next > time? I am personally not convinced this will help as the set of questions in Questionnaire is almost the same for the last several elections, as we copy them from one elections to another. So, candidates can prepare them self in advance even now. However, I do not see a reason why we can not start collection of questions for the Questionnaire one week earlier. I can modify the schedule for F27 release cycle, if agreed. Regards, Jan > -- > Matthew Miller > > Fedora Project Leader > ___ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org -- Jan Kuřík Platform & Fedora Program Manager Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkynova 99/71, 612 45 Brno, Czech Republic ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > Hmmm, that's intersting too. In the interview, flory7 talks about > increasing communication and interconnectedness of different > initiatives. Then about increasing new contributor retention. Then to > "represent the perspectives, views, and ambitions of a wide range of > contributors and to help connect the community". Do you disagree with > those goals, or do you think that the focus should be on something else? > I'm intrigued. What I disagree with is the technical goals, pushing further initiatives such as Atomic and Modularity. Kevin Kofler ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 06:58:00PM +0530, Parag Nemade wrote: > Just a suggestion, election wrangler can ask for submitting and preparing > the final questionnaires in advance maybe before the nomination period > starts so that probable candidate can know about them and they can start > preparing for their answers along with their nomination and submit it for > blog publishing review during nomination period. These blogs can be > published then in Campaign period. I am not sure but I guess publishing > these interviews also takes some amount time if no one is available to > review them. Jan, maybe a little longer between nomination and voting period next time? -- Matthew MillerFedora Project Leader ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
Hi, On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Langdon Whitewrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 6:37 AM Kevin Kofler > wrote: > >> Jan Kurik wrote: >> > # votes | name >> > - +-- >> > 505 | Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory7) >> > - +-- >> >> No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the >> questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. (Though I >> personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even close to >> what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future candidates! >> >> Kevin Kofler >> ___ >> devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Personally, I find this to be pretty offensive. I care a lot about Fedora > and between F26 being late & the short cycle for f27, not to mention > $DAYJOB, I just didn't get to it. I am really sorry to have lost the seat > and not campaigned hard enough. > > Congrats to Justin! > > Just a suggestion, election wrangler can ask for submitting and preparing the final questionnaires in advance maybe before the nomination period starts so that probable candidate can know about them and they can start preparing for their answers along with their nomination and submit it for blog publishing review during nomination period. These blogs can be published then in Campaign period. I am not sure but I guess publishing these interviews also takes some amount time if no one is available to review them. Regards, Parag ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
> I agree with Kevin on the interviews. Personally I find them very important > and read them religiously. > Even though I'm fairly active in certain areas of Fedora, there are many candidates > (especially for famsco and council) whom I don't know and haven't interacted > with at all. Doing the review on time is also a sign of commitment and > organizational skills ;) You misunderstood me, I never said that they were not important. I meant that you can't and shouldn't say that Justin won only and only because nobody else did their interview. That statement would be wrong on multiple levels. Radka -- *Radka Janeková* .NET & OpenShift Engineer, Red Hat *radka.ja...@redhat.com* IRC: radka | Freenode: Rhea On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek < zbys...@in.waw.pl> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 02:35:48PM +0200, Radka Janekova wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > > > I don't think that it has much to do with others not answering questions. > > Justin was very high in the results last election as well, and has been > > doing great job all around Fedora project for a long time now. > > I agree with Kevin on the interviews. Personally I find them very important > and read them religiously. > Even though I'm fairly active in certain areas of Fedora, there are many > candidates > (especially for famsco and council) whom I don't know and haven't > interacted > with at all. Doing the review on time is also a sign of commitment and > organizational skills ;) > > > > No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the > > > questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. > (Though I > > > personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even > close to > > > what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future candidates! > Hmmm, that's intersting too. In the interview, flory7 talks about > increasing communication and interconnectedness of different > initiatives. Then about increasing new contributor retention. Then to > "represent the perspectives, views, and ambitions of a wide range of > contributors and to help connect the community". Do you disagree with > those goals, or do you think that the focus should be on something else? > I'm intrigued. > > Zbyszek > ___ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 6:37 AM Kevin Koflerwrote: > Jan Kurik wrote: > > # votes | name > > - +-- > > 505 | Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory7) > > - +-- > > No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the > questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. (Though I > personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even close to > what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future candidates! > > Kevin Kofler > ___ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Personally, I find this to be pretty offensive. I care a lot about Fedora and between F26 being late & the short cycle for f27, not to mention $DAYJOB, I just didn't get to it. I am really sorry to have lost the seat and not campaigned hard enough. Congrats to Justin! Langdon ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 02:35:48PM +0200, Radka Janekova wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > I don't think that it has much to do with others not answering questions. > Justin was very high in the results last election as well, and has been > doing great job all around Fedora project for a long time now. I agree with Kevin on the interviews. Personally I find them very important and read them religiously. Even though I'm fairly active in certain areas of Fedora, there are many candidates (especially for famsco and council) whom I don't know and haven't interacted with at all. Doing the review on time is also a sign of commitment and organizational skills ;) > > No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the > > questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. (Though I > > personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even close to > > what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future candidates! Hmmm, that's intersting too. In the interview, flory7 talks about increasing communication and interconnectedness of different initiatives. Then about increasing new contributor retention. Then to "represent the perspectives, views, and ambitions of a wide range of contributors and to help connect the community". Do you disagree with those goals, or do you think that the focus should be on something else? I'm intrigued. Zbyszek ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
Hi Kevin, I don't think that it has much to do with others not answering questions. Justin was very high in the results last election as well, and has been doing great job all around Fedora project for a long time now. Regards, Radka -- *Radka Janeková* .NET & OpenShift Engineer, Red Hat *radka.ja...@redhat.com* IRC: radka | Freenode: Rhea On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Jan Kurik wrote: > > # votes | name > > - +-- > > 505 | Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory7) > > - +-- > > No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the > questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. (Though I > personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even close to > what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future candidates! > > Kevin Kofler > ___ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Council Elections - July/August 2017 - Result announcement
Jan Kurik wrote: > # votes | name > - +-- > 505 | Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory7) > - +-- No wonder, he is the only candidate who bothered filling out the questionnaire. It shows that answering voters' questions helps. (Though I personally did not vote for him because the answers were not even close to what I wanted to hear.) May this be a lesson for future candidates! Kevin Kofler ___ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org