So, since part of the reason that I joined the race was to make sure it wouldn't get too boring, I was hoping there'd be a bit more life on this list. Since there isn't, allow me to ask a few questions myself. Oh, and before anyone asks: hey, I can vote too, and we have a Condorcet voting system. So there. (The alert reader will notice that some of the points in this mail have not been mentioned in my rebuttals. This is because these are *questions*, not statements of what I believe is wrong; the latter belong in rebuttals, the former do not) These questions have names, but don't let that stop any of the other candidates from answering those questions they want to answer, if any. Stefano: You make a point of transparency and availability in your platform. As you yourself note, many past DPLs and DPL candidates have made similar promises/points, yet few have managed to actually be able to do so. You mention that you will attempt to succeed where others have failed by providing a "feed of DPL activity news". While the specifics of your plan may be innovative, the idea itself of constantly providing updates rather than bulk ones has been promised by others in the past (e.g., Steve mentioned it in his 2008 platform). As such, I'm not convinced this will help all that much; How do you believe it will, and how do you think you are different from other DPLs who have tried and failed to be more communicative? Charles: In your platform, in the "Program" section, you mention four ideas that could reasonable be described as being about the things that, respectively, the DAM and NM frontdesk, the ftp-masters, and the Release Managers (twice) are responsible for. Did you talk with these teams about your ideas before running for DPL? If not, do you believe this may cause problems? Are you still planning to, and may your ideas change if you do? If you did talk to these teams beforehand, did your plans change any as a result, or do you anticipate that still happening? Marga: In my rebuttal, I mention that I lack a sense of vision in your platform. In case that wasn't clear, this is because the ideas you mention, while they might work to some extent, seem to be a bit superficial; I'm afraid they will not strike at the heart of the issues we face. Do you believe this is correct? If not, can you clarify? Also, you seem to have received a great deal of help in writing your platform. In the interest of clarity, can you shine a light on how this happened? To mention two possible extremes, was this more of a "I'd like to run, but would need a platform, please send me some ideas", or rather "hey, $RANDOM_PEOPLE, here's a platform, please give me some comments?" (I realize the truth is probably somewhere in between those two, but would like to know exactly what we get if I were to vote you second...) If any of the other candidates have questions they would like to ask me, I would be glad to answer them. Also, I will provide my own answers to some of the above questions (where that would make sense), but would like to see the other candidates' answers first. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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