why a debian project leader?

2004-03-22 Thread mbc
Preface: I'm honestly hoping that this email wil spur some constructive discussion... Personally, I don't believe in voting, and I don't believe that I have a need for some kind of Leader. I know this this topic has come up before, but is Debian Project Leader really the title that best desc

Re: why a debian project leader?

2004-03-22 Thread mbc
extensively about how multi-level consensus decision making can work in larger scale organizations, see http://www.parecon.org/detail.htm Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: mbc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Personally, I don't believe in voting. What does that mean? You don't believ

Re: why a debian project leader?

2004-03-22 Thread mbc
The voting comment wasn't the main point of my post. I'm more trying to figure out what the role of a project leader is and why we need a single project leader. Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: mbc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I think that consensus is a more democratic me

Re: why a debian project leader?

2004-03-23 Thread mbc
to the discussion phase to figure out how to address the concerns in the proposal - those taking part have the option to agree, stand aside, or block you can read about the process here: http://consensus.net/ocaccontents.html Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:49:52PM -0800, mbc

why a debian project leader?

2004-03-22 Thread mbc
Preface: I'm honestly hoping that this email wil spur some constructive discussion... Personally, I don't believe in voting, and I don't believe that I have a need for some kind of Leader. I know this this topic has come up before, but is Debian Project Leader really the title that best descri

Re: why a debian project leader?

2004-03-22 Thread mbc
extensively about how multi-level consensus decision making can work in larger scale organizations, see http://www.parecon.org/detail.htm Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: mbc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Personally, I don't believe in voting. What does that mean? You don't believe voti

Re: why a debian project leader?

2004-03-22 Thread mbc
The voting comment wasn't the main point of my post. I'm more trying to figure out what the role of a project leader is and why we need a single project leader. Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: mbc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I think that consensus is a more democratic method of

Re: why a debian project leader?

2004-03-23 Thread mbc
to the discussion phase to figure out how to address the concerns in the proposal - those taking part have the option to agree, stand aside, or block you can read about the process here: http://consensus.net/ocaccontents.html Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:49:52PM -0800, mbc