Re: Question to all candidates: Monthly "Bits from the DPL"

2022-03-17 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, > I would like to know what is the stance of the 3 candidates on producing > monthly "Bits from the DPL" reports on their activities. > > I like them very much and I think they are a great way to keep us all > informed of what the DPL has been doing. Yes indeed. It's important for the Proje

Re: Question to all candidates: rotation on positions of power

2022-03-17 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, > What do you think of the reform of the Technical Committee that > introduced a limit to the time people can serve in, and would you > consider applying a similar policy to other positions of power in > Debian? I'm sorry, but could you explain "what do you want to improve with a term limit

Re: Question to all candidates: Monthly "Bits from the DPL"

2022-03-17 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Hideki, On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:28 AM Hideki Yamane wrote: > > And for that, I want **YOU** (contributors) to tell current situations. > I want to know, I want to hear, I want to talk with YOU (for the project > and me :) Your desire to engage with your future constituents embodies the

Question to all candidates: Ongoing/future legal projects

2022-03-17 Thread Molly dB
Hi Candidates, I'm excited that you all are running and appreciate your willingness to take on this responsibility. In November 2021, it was discussed in debian-private that a team from Debian had been working with a lawyer for a while. (Not sharing details: issues remain ongoing.) How would you

Question to all candidates: how is Debian doing?

2022-03-17 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, As someone who used to care a lot about Debian, but who hasn't been able to pay much attention to the project lately, I was wondering: How is Debian doing currently? What are the recent successes I might have missed? Where did we fail or under-perform? Which big challenges do you see ahead

Re: Question to all candidates: Ongoing/future legal projects

2022-03-17 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Molly, On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 8:15 AM Molly dB wrote: > > In November 2021, it was discussed in debian-private that a team from > Debian had been working with a lawyer for a while. (Not sharing > details: issues remain ongoing.) How would you transition into taking > on this particular respon

Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-17 Thread Christian Kastner
Jonathan has already addressed this in his platform, acknowledging Brian Gupta's 2020 campaign focus on this, so this is mostly a question for Hideki and Felix: What is your position on registering Debian as an organization? I'm curious as to (1) what you think of the idea in general, and (2) ins

Re: Question to all candidates: how is Debian doing?

2022-03-17 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Lucas, On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 8:55 AM Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > How is Debian doing currently? We do what we have always done, but the world is changing around us. > What are the recent successes I might have missed? We are quirky, but very much alive! > Where did we fail or under-perform

Re: Question to all candidates: Ongoing/future legal projects

2022-03-17 Thread Jonathan Carter
Hi Molly On 2022/03/17 16:57, Molly dB wrote: In November 2021, it was discussed in debian-private that a team from Debian had been working with a lawyer for a while. (Not sharing details: issues remain ongoing.) How would you transition into taking on this particular responsibility and similar

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-17 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Christian, On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 9:48 AM Christian Kastner wrote: > > What is your position on registering Debian as an organization? > > I'm curious as to (1) what you think of the idea in general, and (2) > insofar you think this is a good idea, to what extent you'd consider > pursuing it

Re: Question to all candidates: Ongoing/future legal projects

2022-03-17 Thread Molly dB
Hi Felix (and others), If you feel like it's appropriate, I'd appreciate hearing more details on debian-private. Cheers, Molly On Thu, 2022-03-17 at 09:16 -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > Hi Molly, > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 8:15 AM Molly dB wrote: > > > > In November 2021, it was discussed in

Re: Question to all candidates: Ongoing/future legal projects

2022-03-17 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Molly, On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 10:49 AM Molly dB wrote: > > If you feel like it's appropriate, I'd appreciate hearing more details > on debian-private. Since Jonathan wrote that advances are imminent, I unfortunately do not think it's appropriate for us to discuss it any further, in any forum

Re: Question to all candidates: how is Debian doing?

2022-03-17 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Thanks for you answers On 17/03/22 at 09:50 -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > If elected, I hope to form a Strategy Council that will re-evaluate as > well as expand on those answers, and have solutions ready at all > times. Interesting. What would be the composition, roles, duties of that Strategy C

Re: Question to all candidates: how is Debian doing?

2022-03-17 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi Lucas, On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:52 PM Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Interesting. What would be the composition, roles, duties of that > Strategy Council ? Like all committees and boards I envision, the Strategy Council should have at least five but no more than twelve members. I personally like

Re: Question to all candidates: Ongoing/future legal projects

2022-03-17 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, On Thu, 17 Mar 2022 10:57:59 -0400 Molly dB wrote: > In November 2021, it was discussed in debian-private that a team from > Debian had been working with a lawyer for a while. (Not sharing > details: issues remain ongoing.) How would you transition into taking > on this particular responsibil

Re: Question to all candidates: registering Debian as an organization

2022-03-17 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, > What is your position on registering Debian as an organization? Positive (currently). > I'm curious as to (1) what you think of the idea in general, and (2) > insofar you think this is a good idea, to what extent you'd consider > pursuing it during your term(s). Reading Jonathan's plat