Re: not being elected?
On 2013-03-17 07:19, Paul Wise wrote:
What do you plan to work on if you are not elected?
If I am not elected, then by default almost all my Debian time would
continue to be taken up by DebConf work.
However, after setting out my my ideas about Debian teams more clearly
for my platform, I wonder if even in that case I should set an example
by retiring from heavy DebConf work before I suffer burn-out, or should
at least take a break from it. While I might gain then more time for
other Debian topics, my overall time allocation to Debian would be
likely to reduce, unless I agreed to take up another specific Debian
role immediately. (This is a specific case of some of the issues I
mention in my "Delegations and teams" section.)
Will not being elected de-motivate you?
In many ways, not being elected would be a relief. I'd have more time
to put into non-Debian parts of my life.
However, if I am not elected, I would see that as a lack of agreement
with my proposals, or at least a lack of interest in them, and I would
be "de-motivated" from pushing those topics further against the apparent
view of the project.
Will you work on the things in your platform even if you are not
elected? Most of the things mentioned there are not DPL specific
tasks.
I think most of my core ideas would be very difficult for me to advance
if I am not elected, because they are coordination-level tasks for which
I would have no mandate, and because they specifically relate to the
DPL's powers.
A few examples from my platform:
- Agreeing additional topics, in particular communication plans and
turnover plans, as required part of delegation documents and for other
teams
- Pushing more topics out from the DPL to delegates, and towards more
public communications
- Ensuring that good speakers are authorised/have recognised roles to
represent Debian, and doing it myself as required
- Making sure that "official" communications can happen with company
representatives and governmental organisations where appropriate
- Encouraging more Debian local groups and agreeing a framework for
this
- Starting more active and transparent budget planning for Debian
before money is spent, more active fundraising to allow the plans, and
avoiding having major spending happen merely by DPL edict
- Moving/merging some DebConf teams to become general Debian ones, with
approriate delegates as required.
If I am not elected, I would lack both the DPL's constitutional powers
and the greater influence that comes from being elected. If I tried to
push the list of items in my platform without being elected, I think it
would look like I was trying to set up some kind of parallel government
for Debian, and people would quite fairly be very resistant to me
pushing these things without a mandate, or indeed view them as already
having been voted down.
--
Moray
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