I hope I'm not alone when I say that this confidentiality and seemingly crass "Besserwisser" tone concerns me. Because I am not experienced with the politics of Debian, this is all I will say.
In closing, I hope that not all leadership by this team will be conducted with this attitude and I hope I misunderstood this e-mail. --- Branden Robinson / Debian Project Leader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The leadership team described in Andreas Schuldei's[1] and my[2] > platforms > for this year is having its first full formal meeting today at 2200 > UTC. > The agenda is attached. > > This is not a public meeting, mainly because some sensitive issues > may be > discussed (details of Debian finances, interpersonal conflicts that > the DPL > has been asked to resolve, and so forth). > > I realize that a closed meeting is not ideal; I welcome suggestions > on how > to balance the accountability of the DPL and the leadership team with > the > necessity of dealing with the occasional sensitive issue in a more > discrete > manner than a public IRC channel. > > If it's any consolation, I'm not privy to anything that was said > about me > over beers at LCA 2005, either. :) > > The meeting will be minuted, and the minutes will be posted to this > list as > soon as they have been prepared and accepted by the team members in > attendance. > > Ordinarily, the intent is to send out the agenda a fair bit further > in > advance than this, so that people can comment and it can be modified > to > reflect areas of concern that we may have overlooked. > > As Bdale is en route back to the U.S. from Australia, we do not > expect his > attendance at this meeting. > > [1] http://www.debian.org/vote/2005/platforms/andreas > [2] > http://people.debian.org/~branden/dpl/campaign/2005/platform.xhtml.en > > -- > G. Branden Robinson > Debian Project Leader > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://people.debian.org/~branden > > $Id: 2005-04-24.txt 128 2005-04-24 21:07:29Z branden $ > > Meeting of 2005-04-24 > ===================== > > Invitees: > Andreas Schuldei > Bdale Garbee > Branden Robinson > Enrico Zini > Jeroen van Wolffelaar, interim chair > Steve Langasek > > Agenda > ------ > > 1. Appoint a secretary > Responsibilities may include: > - Preparing minutes for meetings > - Determining availability of team members for future meetings > 2. Determine whether the leadership team needs a public-facing > contact > address > 3. Collect report from each member on leadership-relevant mails > received privately since the election results were announced > 4. Discuss pending funding requests > 5. Discuss whether the leadership team needs new members > 6. Current issues in Debian > - Release status > - Stable security status > 7. Assign task: review the formal delegations made by previous DPL, > adjust delegations to fit reality, and don't let any delegations > lapse accidentally > 8. Delegate team members to research and report at next meeting on > areas of Debian concern that we may want to add to our to-do > list: > - Branden and Andreas could review their own platforms > - Bdale could report on what he has learned at LCA 2005 > - Anthony, Matthew, and Angus's platforms could be distributed > among > Enrico, Jeroen, and Steve > 9. Discuss coming up with a better name for ourselves than "Project > Scud" > 10. Open discussion > > vim:set ai et sts=2 sw=2 tw=72: > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]