Reminder: Call for nominations to the DebConf committee by 3 Nov 2019

[Daniel Lange <DLange@debian.org>]

Hi,

there is one week left to nominate yourself or a friend for the DebConf 
committee. We have received a number of nominations so far but we'd be 
happy to receive more.
For details please see the email quoted again below.

Kind regards,
Daniel

Archived as: https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2019/10/msg00000.html
Am 13.10.19 um 11:30 schrieb Daniel Lange:
> Dear team,
>
> as you know two members of the DebConf committee (DCC) have stepped
> down [1,2] mid of September. Thank you again for your great
> contributions, jcc (highvoltage) and lucas! Both have confirmed they
> will continue to make their expertise available to the DebConf
> organization where we need them even after their term on the DCC.
> Thanks for that, too!
>
> Our DPL has asked the remaining members to nominate one or multiple
> new candidates to amend the DCC.
>
> Therefore we'd like to ask team members to nominate themselves or
> nominate others that you think would be willing and capable to help
> oversee the DebConf organization across the years.
> You can do so by dropping an email to debconf-committee@debian.org .
> We will ask third party nominees for their willingness to serve on the
> DCC via private email before any public mention.
> Please kindly send your email by 3 Nov 2019 AoE.
>
> We are scheduled to evaluate DebConf21 bids from December 2019 and
> eventually decide on a winning bid around January / February 2020.
> Thus we aim to have the DCC amended in time for these discussions.
>
> The DCC has been delegated as per [3] if you want to review the tasks
> and responsibilities before (self-) nomination.
>
> Sam has also expressed his thoughts on what he'd like to see in
> (future) DCC members:
>
> * Skills in problem solving and de-escalating conflict are valuable.
>
> * Significant DebConf experience is a must.
>
> * Pragmatism is important: at the end of the day we do need to run a
>    conference on a deadline.
>
> * Diversity is important.  It helps us think of new things to try, helps
>    various communities be heard, and helps us connect with local teams
>    around the world.  It also helps approach certain classes of conflict
>    that can happen.
>
> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reply to this
> email, or send an email to debconf-committee@debian.org for non-public
> inquiries.
>
> Kind regards,
> Daniel
>
>
> [1]: https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2019/09/msg00004.html
> [2]: https://lists.debian.org/debconf-team/2019/09/msg00005.html
> [3]:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/10/msg00000.html