Question to candidates: How do you plan to manage finances/accounting?
I am interested in knowing about what the current candidates think about accounting bits in Debian and how they think about spending the money. As I have read and from time to time observed, the finances in the project do not have a lot of transparency and there are updates posted semi-occasionally on -private and sometimes in DPL talks. Jonathan also wrote about it in one of their previous campaigns. Itd also be good to know if there's a plan on where the budget shall be best spent. I would like to know if the candidates for this term have any plans about it or any thoughts in general. Both of your platforms have only a (very) vague idea about it and I'd like to know more specifics about it. PS: I urge _only_ the candidates to reply to this mail Best, Nilesh signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Candidates question: politics and Debian
Gerardo Ballabio wrote on 21/03/2024 at 10:00:28+0100: > Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >> I can understand that you want the candidate's opinion on this (after >> all it's important for a lot of people to chose someone with whom one >> shares values) > > Yes, that's why I asked. One candidate already answered and I hope the > other one will also share her opinions. > > But it was also interesting to know your opinions, and if that isn't > deemed off-topic in the context of a DPL election, I'd like to hear > the opinions of other non-candidates too. I personally think it can be relevant. That being said, taking a step back, I can appreciate how a lot of people replying could drown a bit -vote. >> Also, why on earth would you care whether people you've never met (and >> probably never will meet) decide to transition and ask you to use a >> different name/pronoun to address them? > > That is definitely off-topic. If you are interested in knowing my > answer to that or to any other questions, feel free to contact me in > private. Well, feel free to drop a reply in my mailbox, then! >> In a whole, I think it's interesting to see people asking the DPL to >> take position regarding what they see as problematic to them instead of >> taking the matter in their hands and submit resolution proposals for >> these points. > > I kind of see your point -- but this is the discussion period for the > DPL election, and this is the mailing list where the discussion is > supposed to take place, and I was following up to another question > asked to the candidates, so it seemed entirely appropriate to me to > address them. > > And I believe that a GR would be the last resort, rather than the main > way to address problems. Besides, initiating a discussion on this list > would be the starting point for a GR process too. > > If you think it was wrong of me to ask that question, please elaborate. I don't think that it's wrong in essence, although I think our PoV on the matter would not be aligned (which is fine with me). But I do think that, whatever a DPL/Candidate says on the matter, it'll only potentially influence the voters in their votes, but not the way things are in the project. I wouldn't want to change the current general situation in the project, but if I were to, I'd probably bring the matter to the members as a whole. -- PEB signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Candidates question: politics and Debian
Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > I can understand that you want the candidate's opinion on this (after all it's important for a lot of people to chose someone with whom one shares values) Yes, that's why I asked. One candidate already answered and I hope the other one will also share her opinions. But it was also interesting to know your opinions, and if that isn't deemed off-topic in the context of a DPL election, I'd like to hear the opinions of other non-candidates too. > Also, why on earth would you care whether people you've never met (and probably never will meet) decide to transition and ask you to use a different name/pronoun to address them? That is definitely off-topic. If you are interested in knowing my answer to that or to any other questions, feel free to contact me in private. > In a whole, I think it's interesting to see people asking the DPL to take position regarding what they see as problematic to them instead of taking the matter in their hands and submit resolution proposals for these points. I kind of see your point -- but this is the discussion period for the DPL election, and this is the mailing list where the discussion is supposed to take place, and I was following up to another question asked to the candidates, so it seemed entirely appropriate to me to address them. And I believe that a GR would be the last resort, rather than the main way to address problems. Besides, initiating a discussion on this list would be the starting point for a GR process too. If you think it was wrong of me to ask that question, please elaborate. Gerardo
