Hi Everyone, I just wanted to put a few thoughts out there as people contemplate nominees and the elections for the Gentoo Council. I personally am on the fence about running this year, because I think there are a lot of talented people who *should* be on the council.
Now that I've said that (the "*should*" bit), let me expand on its meaning a little. I think the Council idea is great. However, I think the Council should be charged with a little bit of direction-setting and leadership as well. In the past year, the council did make some decisions, and helped to mediate some controversial issues. There were a couple of things which I thought were lacking, however: 1. The council was (by design?) a reactive force, rather than a pro-active force. 2. There's no way to follow through on the Council's decisions. I think these points involve *every* gentoo developer (and would-be developer) and not just the Council. If you have a GLEP or an idea and it gets approved by the council, now what? That's the thing: follow through on it! A question is, perhaps, should the council follow-up with previously approved GLEPs and inquire as to status updates? For an exemplar of the way I think the council should be is Spanky/vapier. Solar also does this well. Both of them take a leadership role in general in the project and are generally respected and admired for it. They both have great ideas and a vision. I think that should be explored further. This project needs some leadership, as the events of the past few months show fairly clearly. Thanks for listening, -- Seemant Kulleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Foundation / Gentoo Linux -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
