unsubscribe On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 3:28 PM Jonathan Carter <j...@debian.org> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > My fellow Debianites, > > It's been one month, one week and one day since I decided > to run[1] for this DPL term. The Debian community has been > through a variety of interesting times during the last > decade, and instead of focusing on grand, sweeping changes > for Debian, core to my DPL campaign was to establish a > sense of normality and stability so that we can work on > community building, continue to focus on technical excellence > and serve our users the best we can. > > Thing don't always work out as we plan, and for many of us, > Debian recently had to take a back seat to personal > priorities. Back when I posted my intention to run, there > were 125 260[2] confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally. > Today, that number is 20 times higher[3], with the actual > infected number likely to be significantly higher. A large > number of us are under lock-down, where we not only fear the > disease and its effect on local hospitals and how it will > affect our loved ones, but also our very likelihoods and the > future of our local businesses and industry. > > I don't mean to be gloomy with the statement above, I am > after all, an optimist - but unfortunately it does get even > worse. Governments and corporations around the world have > started to take advantage COVID-19 in negative ways and are > making large sweeping changes that undermine the privacy and > rights of individuals everywhere. > > For many reasons, including those above, I believe that the > Debian project is more important and relevant now than it's > ever been before. The world needs a free, general purpose > operating system, unburdened by the needs of profit, which puts > the needs of its users first, providing a safe and secure > platform for the computing needs of the masses. > > While we can't control or fix all the problems in the world, > we can control our response to it, and be part of the solutions > that bring the change we want to see. > > During my term as DPL, I will be available to help with > problems in our community to the maximum extent that my time > permits. If we help ourselves, we will be in a better position > to help others. If you (or your team) get stuck and are in need > of help, then please do not hesitate to e-mail[4] me. > > == A few thank-yous == > > As incoming DPL, I'd like to thank Sam Hartman on behalf of the > project for the work that he's done over the last year as DPL. > It's a tremendous time commitment that requires constant > attention to detail. > > On Sunday, Sam and I had a handover meeting where we discussed > various DPL responsibilities including finances, delegations > (including specifics of some delegations), legal matters, > outreach and other questions I had. I'd also like to thank Sam > for taking the time to do this. > > Thank you to Sruthi Chadran and Brian Gupta who took the time > to also run for DPL this year. Both candidates brought > important issues to the forefront and I hope to work with both > of them on those in the near future. > > == DPL Blog == > > Today, I've started a new blog for the Debian Project Leader to > help facilitate more frequent communication, and to reach a > wider audience via Planet Debian. This will contain > supplemental information to what I send to the > debian-devel-announce[6] mailing list. It's not quite up yet, > I'll share a link once it's available. > > == Want to help? == > > In my platform[7], I listed some key areas that I'd like to > work on. My work won't be limited to those, but it should give > you some idea of the type of DPL that I'll be. If you'd like to > get involved, feel free to join the #debian-dpl channel on the > oftc IRC network, and please introduce yourself along with any > areas of interest that you'd like to contribute to. > > - -Jonathan, Debian Project Leader > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2020/03/msg00007.html > > [2] > https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/2 > 0200312-sitrep-52-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=e2bfc9c0_4 > <https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200312-sitrep-52-covid-19.pdf?sfvrsn=e2bfc9c0_4> > > [3] > https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/2 > 0200421-sitrep-92-covid-19.pdf > <https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200421-sitrep-92-covid-19.pdf> > > [4] mailto:lea...@debian.org > > [5] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/ > > [6] https://www.debian.org/vote/2020/platforms/jcc > > - -- > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <jcc> > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org > ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Be Bold. 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