zack for DPL 2010 ( ! )

In 2010, I've been foolish enough (and again) to candidate as DPL in the yearly elections.
I did suceed, and therefore I'm currently acting as the Debian Project Leader.

This page collects information about my candidacy, mostly for historic reasons.

nomination mail (with a nice typo towards the end)
my DPL platform: .html, .pdf
my rebuttals, as part of version 2.1 of my platform
some pointers to campaigning questions and discussions happened on -vote, and my positions on the raised topics (chronological order):
1. will you have a 2IC?, no
2. on project funds and donations, my take
3. on the time that will be devoted to DPL tasks, my take
4. on financing development (and some Dunc-Tank drifts), my take
5. in 10 years ..., how I'd like Debian to be
6. on heated discussions, my take
7. on the followed Debian communication media, my take
8. on the social impact of the release process, my take
9. on the Squeeze freeze process and some of its incidents, my take
10. on withdrawing delegations due to bad community behaviour, my take
11. on how to care for the core infrastructure, my take
12. on how to avoid becoming a "disappearing DPL", my take
13. an analysis of past release cycles, my comment
14. do we need a DPL at all?, my take
15. on old architecture support, my take
16. on decentralization of power and the need(?) of access restrictions, my take
17. on the license/copyright GR proposal, my take
18. on how many users we have and on the usage of popcon to determine that, my take
19. ... and a nice ex-post surprise about Ubuntu and Debian users, my take)
20. some rebuttals discussion, with my reply
21. on how to gather manpower for "core" teams, my take
22. on supermajority, my take
23. on our spirit and how to inspire it to fellow DDs, my take
24. who would you vote for?, I won't tell, here is why
25. on personal mentoring, my take
26. on project membership requirements, my take
27. on standardization, large scale changes, and innovation, my take
28. on the enforcement of community guidelines, my take
29. on the usage of Planet Debian, my take
30. on the DPL role in maintenance disputes, my take
31. ... and on the transparency in mediation, my take
32. on the "community awareness" of mediation, my take
33. on the sustainability of our growth, my take
the election results are available on the official vote page
my blog posts on the subject are reported below (reverse chronological order):

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debian meeting sponsoring guidelines
Posted Mon Jul 26 12:46:21 2010

RCBC - release critical bugs contest
Posted Sun Jul 25 09:33:45 2010

debian podcast planning
Posted Thu Jul 22 17:05:15 2010

Welcome, DebConf newbies!
Posted Sun Jun 27 01:18:48 2010

Debian consultancy for the European Framework Programme
Posted Wed Jun 23 14:57:31 2010

DD certification
Posted Mon Jun 21 18:44:20 2010

debian meeting guidelines RFC
Posted Sun Jun 20 22:58:02 2010

document your team - redux
Posted Mon May 31 09:55:12 2010

Debian-based scientific computing at EDF
Posted Thu May 27 10:51:16 2010

the DebConf Newbies initiative
Posted Mon Apr 26 14:03:31 2010

oh my
Posted Sat Apr 17 17:14:24 2010

campaigning woes
Posted Thu Apr 8 18:56:13 2010

Elections!
Posted Tue Mar 16 10:53:10 2010