Don't forget, the DPL Debate will be on IRC in #debian-dpl-debate on irc.debian.org (OFTC) at 21:30 UTC, March 10th 2007, ending at 00:30 UTC, March 11th 2007. Discussion of the debate will occur in #debian-dpl-discuss on the same network. The executive summary: Start at 21:30 UTC 0. Introductions 1. Drafted Responses to questions (6 minutes per, 5-7 questions) -- 5 minute break -- 2. Moderated Debate (1.5 min/5 line responses, one candidate at a time) -- 5 minute break -- 3. Free For All (30-45 minutes of no holds barred slugfest) -- 8 minute break -- 4. Closing Statements Stop at 00:30 UTC A call for panelists: MJ Ray (slef), David Nusinow (gravity), Neil McGovern (Maulkin), Mohammed Adnène Trojette (adn), Pete Nuttall (psn) have volunteered to assist me (dondelelcaro) to select questions for the debate from the audience and the mailing lists. The Rules: This years debate will again be split into three separate sections in an attempt to get an idea of what each candidate's own opinions are off the cuff while avoiding unnecessarily penalizing non-native English speakers. First off, the ground rules for all sections: We will start the debate as soon as all candidates are present, or no later than 21:45 UTC. Each section will last approximately 30-45 minutes, with a 5 minute break in between sections. We will stop the debate and devoice all of the candidates no later than 00:30 UTC, with closing statements to be pasted starting no later than 00:40 UTC. Additional debate and discussion may occur in #debian-dpl-discuss. The first section will consist of a series of questions (5-7) which will be posed to the candidates all at once. Candidates will have 6 minutes to draft a response to each question. I will warn candidates when the six minutes are almost up, and will allow one late response from each candidate; additional late responses will not be sent to the debate channel. The candidates will be told the next question immediately following the close of responses for the previous question; the audience will be told the next question as soon as the responses have finished pasting. There will be a 5 minute break. The second section is a more controlled approach of the free for all that we had after the response part above last year. There will be a series of questions, and candidates will be able to respond by writing lines directly to the channel. In order to respond, candidates must first be publicly recognized by the moderator. Candidates will request to be recognized by using an out-of-band channel to avoid cluttering -debate. Everyone will have 1.5 minutes to respond or 5 messages, whichever is lesser, after they have been recognized. The moderator will also entertain rebuttals. Rebuttals will happen in exactly the same manner as above; candidates will be recognized, and they'll have 1.5 minutes or 5 messages to respond, whichever is lesser. The questions may be directed at a specific candidate (in the case of clarification or response questions), or at all candidates. The moderator (with the assistance of the panelists) will attempt to even out the questions and rebuttals granted between the candidates to the extent possible. To avoid having the fastest people always speaking first, the moderator will attempt to randomize the order in which candidates are recognized. However, the moderator will start recognizing people at most 15 seconds after the question has been asked, just to keep things moving. Throughout this section, the moderator will attempt to avoid using technical measures to control the candidate's ability to speak. If the moderator has recognized someone, only they can speak after they have been recognized. The moderator will warn each candidate once if speaking out of turn happens; the second time the moderator will begin voicing and devoicing. There will be a final 5 minute break. The third and final section will be an absolute and total free for all. The moderator will attempt to ask questions and followup questions from the audience and get the candidates to all engage each other.It is suspected that multiple conversations will begin to occur at once, and multiple questions will be being asked at once in a massive bout of chaos. It'll be great fun. After about 30-40 minutes of chaos, the debate will come to a close. Candidates will have 8 minutes to compose closing statements if they desire, during which the moderator will make closing statements. The closing statements will be pasted to the IRC channel starting no later than 00:40 UTC. Logs from all of the channels involved will be made publicly available after the debate for reference by voters and other interested individuals. Don Armstrong -- This can't be happening to me. I've got tenure. -- James Hynes _Publish and Perish_ http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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