MJ Ray dijo [Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 04:16:15PM +0000]: > > I think this is not a real issue. Do you feel we lose volunteer time > > because people are campaining during the year? > > Well, for example, Marc Brockschmidt has spent time writing a > platform, canvassing and campaigning, which he suggested he would not > have done if an acceptable candidate had already nominated. If an > acceptable candidate is nominated now, we've lost that time. We could > try to save that sort of time by rewarding early nominations with more > campaigning opportunities, by officially killing the convention > against campaigning during nominations.
In any case, I hope (haven't read it yet) Marc's platform - But so far, I think, loser candidates' platforms have not been a waste of time. DPL platforms serve also as a thermometer of Debian's current situation - and (of course, adding some bias based on many other factors) the ranking of each of them says what do the developer body at large think. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]