Call for comments on IRCC nominees

[Juha Siltala]

Hi,

First, sorry for top-posting.

I think Lorenzo just brought this thread back on topic. Let's elect a
Council and deal with the issues. I Disagree with Benjamin for example,
in that we do not in fact need more legislation. We do need carefully
selected people to apply loosely set guidelines in practice. Practice is
what i believe in.

Written law, while necessary in every commmunity, is the last resort,
the easy way out. Except it doesn't get you out, it sucks you into more
an more nitpicking. Really.

Lorenzo did the right thing and had a look at the candidates and
obviously tries to get this thing going with hwoever might be on board
after the election. This is a very good idea. We have good candidates,
and the current board has also done a good job. Please let us not panic
at this time, we can manage this.

On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 22:40 +0100, Lorenzo J. Lucchini wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 December 2009 16:14:36 Elizabeth Krumbach wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > The following list of candidates applied for the three positions
> > within the IRC Council:
> 
> Aside from individual considerations, which are described below, my rationale 
> in expressing my preferences is also based on
> - the perceived need for "new blood", which has been stated from several sides
> - seeking to avoid perceived conflicts of interest, which have been an issue 
> in the past, specifically with regard to positions in the freenode staff
> - my personal sentiment that candidates should already have some previous ties 
> with IRC, which does not in my opinion contradict the "new blood" 
> consideration
> 
> 
> 
> > Kurt von Fink (mneptok) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KurtvonFinck
> 
> In the long time that mneptok has been a channel operator, he has invisibly 
> worked like a metronome, silently acting when it's needed, and speaking up 
> when things need saying. Albeit "new blood" is likely welcome, I believe he's 
> just the amount of "old blood" that we needed to stay rooted in the great IRC 
> community that Ubuntu has.
> 
> As a prospective IRC Council member, I expect that Kurt will provide a 
> balanced voice of reason should any problems arise, as well as that bit of an 
> authoritative figure that doesn't hurt.
> 
> > Juha Siltala (topyli) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JuhaSiltala
> 
> A long-time #ubuntu-offtopic user, topyli has lightened the hearts of many a 
> channel user with his IRC-based comic strips. Even though he's not been 
> active in the English support channels in the recent years, he's an 
> away-from-the-spotlight pillar of our IRC community.
> 
> As a prospective IRC Council member, I believe Juha can function as an element 
> of positive change, stopping unfavorable situations from stagnating and 
> proposing new approaches.
> 
> 
> 
> > Terence Simpson (tsimpson) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TerenceSimpson and
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TerenceSimpson/IRC
> 
> A technically competent person who has helped a lot with things like managing 
> and developing useful bots, and seems to know when to step into issues, as 
> well as when to stay out (and when to stay 'stdin').
> 
> As a prospective IRC Council member, I look forward to Terence helping to 
> effectively conjugate the technical with the human aspects of IRC in a 
> powerful mix.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Thanks everyone!
> 
> by LjL
> ljl at ubuntu.com



-- 
Juha Siltala