Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Ben Finney
Joerg Jaspert writes: > I hereby nominate myself for the DPL election 2019. Jonathan Carter writes: > I hereby nominate myself for the 2019 DPL election. Whether our constitution requires a second or not, I'm grateful to people putting themselves up for the DPL role. So, I hereby second the

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Iustin Pop
On 2019-03-14 00:05:16, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, > > Disclaimer: I was the DPL between 2013 and 2015. My recollection of that > time might not be entirely correct, and Debian might have changed quite > a bit since then. I must admit that I haven't followed Debian closely > enough to know some

Re: DPL 2019 nomination

2019-03-14 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 09:38:52AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > I nominate myself to stand as a candidate for DPL in the 2019 DPL > elections. I ack that this is valid. Kurt

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 12:34:02PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > I hereby nominate myself for the DPL election 2019. I ack that this is valid. Kurt

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 01:43:04PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > I hereby nominate myself for the 2019 DPL election. I ack that this is valid. Kurt

Re: DPL 2019 nomination

2019-03-14 Thread Sam Hartman
My understanding is that there's not a lot of campaigning in the nominations period. I'd feel more comfortable answering the questions you ask below next week. I hope my platform will answer your question about what I plan to focus on, and I'd be happy to talk about my impressions of how much

Re: DPL 2019 nomination

2019-03-14 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 09:38:52AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > I've been pondering this over the last week and dealing with things like > getting authorization from my employer. Can you share more details on your availability? I.e., how many hours a week does your employer allow you to spend on

DPL 2019 nomination

2019-03-14 Thread Sam Hartman
I nominate myself to stand as a candidate for DPL in the 2019 DPL elections. I've been pondering this over the last week and dealing with things like getting authorization from my employer. I've been struggling to find the right place to help Debian work better together and to help people solve

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Daniel Lenharo
Hi On 3/14/19 8:43 AM, Jonathan Carter wrote: > > On 2019/03/14 13:34, Joerg Jaspert wrote: >> Soo, lets ensure we do not have another week: >> >> I hereby nominate myself for the DPL election 2019. > > I hereby nominate myself for the 2019 DPL election. Thanks you both!! Regards! -- Daniel

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 01:43:04PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > On 2019/03/14 13:34, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > I hereby nominate myself for the DPL election 2019. > > I hereby nominate myself for the 2019 DPL election. Mwahahaha, so we managed to guilt-trip you two into stepping forward, so

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/19 at 16:00 +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 10:24:58AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > So, thinking a bit more about that, and using > > https://www.debian.org/intro/organization.en.html as a basis, a split > > that could maybe work is: > Can it work without a

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2019/03/14 13:34, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Soo, lets ensure we do not have another week: > > I hereby nominate myself for the DPL election 2019. I have been considering that too, and have been planning to submit my self-nomination as late as possible to give me enough chance to chicken out.

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 15337 March 1977, Debian Project Secretary wrote: Since there were no candidates during the nomination period, the nomination period has been extended by 1 week. Soo, lets ensure we do not have another week: I hereby nominate myself for the DPL election 2019. -- bye, Joerg

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Wed, 13 Mar 2019, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum writes: > > > - it's a position where you are often alone, and lack feedback > > This is true in the limit, but I, and a number of other former DPLs, > have often made ourselves available to the acting DPL to act as a > "sounding board".

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 10:24:58AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > So, thinking a bit more about that, and using > https://www.debian.org/intro/organization.en.html as a basis, a split > that could maybe work is: Can it work without a GR? -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, 2019-03-14 at 09:36 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > The second one (which requires more work on the Debian side) is to do > our own double-accounting, track all expenses, and track how they are > taken into account by TOs. As far as I have seen Debian expenses, the Debian treasurers are

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Hector Oron
Hello, Missatge de Martin Michlmayr del dia dj., 14 de març 2019 a les 5:26: > * Lucas Nussbaum [2019-03-14 00:05]: > > Also, from the DPL POV, it would be very useful to have an annual > > report on Debian finances. I don't know if this exists nowadays. > It doesn't. I wanted to do

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/19 at 00:05 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > What could work is a group of people that are elected together, agree > beforehand on how to share the various areas of responsibility, and > synchronize very frequently to align their views. But it's probably hard > to be efficient in the

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/19 at 00:01 -0700, Jose Miguel Parrella wrote: > lucas wrote: > > What could work is a group of people that are elected together, agree > > beforehand on how to share the various areas of responsibility, and > > synchronize very frequently to align their views. But it's probably hard > >

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 13/03/19 at 21:04 -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > How much of the DPL's financial role can be delegated? > I understand that for example absent instructions otherwise the DPL is > our expendature approval point for SPI (and presumably the other trusted > organizations). > > Would the governing

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/19 at 12:21 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 7:05 AM Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > Also, from the DPL POV, it would be very useful to have an annual > > report on Debian finances. I don't know if this exists nowadays. > > Some of the TOs have annual reports, the SPI one

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2019: Call for nominations

2019-03-14 Thread Jose Miguel Parrella
lucas wrote: > What could work is a group of people that are elected together, agree > beforehand on how to share the various areas of responsibility, and > synchronize very frequently to align their views. But it's probably hard > to be efficient in the typical Debian setup, and to determine a