On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 04:13:57PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 04:06:59PM -0500, Branden Robinson écrivait: > > * "The DPL must also follow up with the delegates, and ensure that > > they understand their responsibilities; not just so that they know > > what is required of them, but so that they know what is not required > > of them." > > This is just a misconception. Most of the delegates already in place > know better than you (or any DPL) what they have to do and what are > their responsibilities... even when they fail in some aspects. but i think it would be good for their responsibilities to be communicated clearly with the rest of the project. > If you plan to create new delegations, then it may make some sense. i think that branden does, as this is one of the main features of his platform. > > * "As a first approximation, I believe there should be a webpage on > > the Debian site specifically dedicated to DPL delegates: it should > > enumerate them, describe each one's responsibilities, state the date > > each one's term began, > > I think all this is useless. > http://www.debian.org/intro/organization is enough that is not so easy to get to. go to www.d.o; click on about; scroll down to "Who are all you anyway?"; click on organized structure. also, some of the information seems outdated. is joey really a dam? > > and provide a link to each delegate (or team's) webpage where they > > can post news and status information, where applicable. > > Writing news takes time that they can better spend ... I'd be happy with > a simple summary mail on d-d-a when they have something interesting to > say and/or when then need help. i enjoy reading the summaries that people send to d-d-a, but i would enjoy more reading more summaries. it seems to me that branden would try to get delegates to publish updates more often. > > volunteers, but this should also serve to get the DPL and the > > delegate off to a good start in having open channels of > > communication. > > Which means that someone is going to have to write the documentation > describing the task of each delegate ... more time wasted by the > delegates themselves (and I ignore the fact that writing documentation > is not fun ...). since branden says that he will be talking to delegates if he gets elected, wouldnt he be in a position to do this? branden? -- gram
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