Re: Question for DPL candidates: Teetotaler outreach

2017-04-01 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Adrian Bunk dijo [Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 06:10:41PM +0300]: > When something is advertised as "beersigning" on a Debian mailing list, > what non-alcoholic beverages can one expect to be available at the venue? Hi Adrian, I understand you want to raise awareness about this issue, as consciousness on

Debian Project Leader election 2017: First call for votes

2017-04-01 Thread Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx
Hi, This is the first call for votes on the DPL election of 2017. Voting period starts 2017-04-02 00:00:00 UTC Votes must be received by 2017-04-15 23:59:59 UTC This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian Constitution. You may see the constitution at https://www.debian.

Re: Q to both candidates: preventing burnout by other contributors

2017-04-01 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Russ, Sorry for the late reply. On 29/03/2017 18:33, Russ Allbery wrote: > 1. Do you agree with the above analysis, or do you see a different >dynamic? > I agree with your analysis. But even in companies, there are issues and not all managers are able to deal with them. And really, it is

Re: Question for DPL candidates: Teetotaler outreach

2017-04-01 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi Adrian, On 31/03/2017 16:36, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Hi, > > first of all thanks a lot for running. > > Both of you consider outreach important. > > People not drinking alcohol are half of all adults in the world, but > we are under-represented in free software. Unfortunately far too many > pe

Re: draft ballot

2017-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 12:46:56AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 11:00:40PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 09:30:41PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > Here is the draft ballot. > > > > Thanks for it! > > > > This draft does not contain any informatio

Re: draft ballot

2017-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 11:00:40PM +0200, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 09:30:41PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > Here is the draft ballot. > > Thanks for it! > > This draft does not contain any information regarding the secrecy of the > vote. I know that the vote will be secret

Re: Q to both: facilitating meetups

2017-04-01 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi zack, On 31/03/2017 10:29, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 01:44:59AM +0200, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >> Hope this answers your questions. > > So, here's a straw man for you: considering the roadmap failed to > materialize during a 1-year term, how confident you are it will > ma

Re: Q to Mehdi: safe and fun

2017-04-01 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Hi holger, On 31/03/2017 12:38, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:00:49AM +0200, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >> If you want to ban someone from a mailing list, you may contact list-masters. >> If you want to ban someone from IRC, you may contact IRC operators. >> if you want to ben someone

Re: draft ballot

2017-04-01 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 09:30:41PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > Here is the draft ballot. Thanks for it! This draft does not contain any information regarding the secrecy of the vote. I know that the vote will be secret (according to the consttution), but in the recentish past there was a thread

draft ballot

2017-04-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
Here is the draft ballot. Kurt Voting period starts 2017-04-02 00:00:00 UTC Votes must be received by 2017-04-15 23:59:59 UTC This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian Constitution. You may see the constitution at https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution. For votin

Re: Question for DPL candidates: Teetotaler outreach

2017-04-01 Thread Chris Lamb
Adrian, > > Not drinking alcohol hardly implies a diet consisting entirely of > > Coca-Cola. > > When something is advertised as "beersigning" on a Debian mailing list, > what non-alcoholic beverages can one expect to be available at the venue? Well, I don't know — that would depend on the venue

Re: Question for DPL candidates: Teetotaler outreach

2017-04-01 Thread Adrian Bunk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 07:31:44PM +0100, Chris Lamb wrote: >... > Whilst I've learnt over the years to accept that terms such as "go for a > pint" aren't meant to be taken 100% literally and — at least in the UK — > not drinking alcohol at social fu

Re: Question for DPL candidates: Teetotaler outreach

2017-04-01 Thread Chris Lamb
Steve Langasek wrote: > > However, moderating the atmosphere so that non-drinkers do not feel like > > they are unwelcome, perhaps by curbing excess in some of the drinkers, might > > be the key here. > > As DPL, what standard will you use to determine that some developers are > drinking to exces