At Fri, 4 Mar 2005 01:44:32 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > First, I know that you didn't get a platform to Manoj before his deadline, > and that he has not been in a position to post web updates since then. Do > you have a platform that you could post to the list to tell us about > yourself as a candidate?
Yes, that deadline arrived a little too quickly for me unfortunately. I'm putting together a platform document that I hope to get to Manoj (and post here) in the next few days. > Second, in talking with your fellow local developers, it seems that they > think very highly of you. Unfortunately -- and quite surprisingly to me in > someone standing for the position of DPL -- you don't seem to be very well > known by the rest of the project. You seem to be an infrequent poster to > Debian lists, and do not hold any delegate positions according to > <http://www.debian.org/intro/organization>. > > I imagine you've already considered that not being well known may hurt your > chances in an election; but I wanted to ask you why you think that > developers *should* vote for a DPL candidate who doesn't appear to have > distinguished himself in the project. Why should we want you to lead us, > rather than wanting you to just continue to maintain your packages (which > you seem to do a very good job of)? This is absolutely the primary hurdle to my being elected. I address this in some length in my (in progress) platform, but it basically boils down to: I believe I am the most suitable person for the job, in some part *because* of my independence from any previous issues. I have the skills actually required for being DPL, I just lack familiarity. To expand a little, I see the relevant qualities being public speaking ability, experience being a Debian Developer and the right personality for dealing with people inside and outside the project. -- - Gus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
