Gerardo Ballabio <gerardo.ballabio@gmail.com> wrote on 21/03/2024 at 10:00:28+0100: > Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >> I can understand that you want the candidate's opinion on this (after >> all it's important for a lot of people to chose someone with whom one >> shares values) > > Yes, that's why I asked. One candidate already answered and I hope the > other one will also share her opinions. > > But it was also interesting to know your opinions, and if that isn't > deemed off-topic in the context of a DPL election, I'd like to hear > the opinions of other non-candidates too. I personally think it can be relevant. That being said, taking a step back, I can appreciate how a lot of people replying could drown a bit -vote. >> Also, why on earth would you care whether people you've never met (and >> probably never will meet) decide to transition and ask you to use a >> different name/pronoun to address them? > > That is definitely off-topic. If you are interested in knowing my > answer to that or to any other questions, feel free to contact me in > private. Well, feel free to drop a reply in my mailbox, then! >> In a whole, I think it's interesting to see people asking the DPL to >> take position regarding what they see as problematic to them instead of >> taking the matter in their hands and submit resolution proposals for >> these points. > > I kind of see your point -- but this is the discussion period for the > DPL election, and this is the mailing list where the discussion is > supposed to take place, and I was following up to another question > asked to the candidates, so it seemed entirely appropriate to me to > address them. > > And I believe that a GR would be the last resort, rather than the main > way to address problems. Besides, initiating a discussion on this list > would be the starting point for a GR process too. > > If you think it was wrong of me to ask that question, please elaborate. I don't think that it's wrong in essence, although I think our PoV on the matter would not be aligned (which is fine with me). But I do think that, whatever a DPL/Candidate says on the matter, it'll only potentially influence the voters in their votes, but not the way things are in the project. I wouldn't want to change the current general situation in the project, but if I were to, I'd probably bring the matter to the members as a whole. -- PEB
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