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List:       gentoo-project
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Council Elections Results for term 2014-2015
From:       Seemant Kulleen <seemantk () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-07-17 17:50:29
Message-ID: CAJEWDoWg1DLghP90yq9YsdHQiO4hjHp7K7+BOyvPfjkbUdHEKw () mail ! gmail ! com
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I think it is unfortunate that you chose silence as your platform,
Richard.  In an election with so many options, expecting people to ask you
why you stood means you want others to do work just to get to know your
option.  That is neither fair nor scalable.

The result represents that.  If you do something or want something, please
understand that it is your job to do express yourself, not the community's
job to pull from you.

Unspoken expectations are most likely to lead to disappointment, I suppose
:)

Cheers,

Seemant
On Jul 17, 2014 7:28 AM, "Richard Yao" <ryao@gentoo.org> wrote:

>
> > On Jul 17, 2014, at 8:36 AM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org>
> wrote:
> > For what's it worth, I couldn't care less if my voting is public or not,
> > it's nothing personal to anyone, it's only what I think is best for the
> > distribution
> >
> > And I hope others feel the same way (even those whom didn't get elected)
> >
>
> I admit that I had some initial negative feelings when I saw that the only
> less popular option than myself was reopening nominations, but I got over
> it after realizing that people's opinions were none of my business. I had
> refrained from making unsolicited statements on my positions in the belief
> that someone should ask first, but none did.
>
> I think that is unfortunate that no one asked and that the outcome might
> have been different had a single person asked, but c'est la vie. I bear no
> ill will toward anyone who cast a vote (or did not cast a vote). How people
> voted should have no bearing on the interactions between those voting and
> those on the ballot.
>

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<p dir="ltr">I think it is unfortunate that you chose silence as your platform, \
Richard.   In an election with so many options, expecting people to ask you why you \
stood means you want others to do work just to get to know your option.   That is \
neither fair nor scalable.</p>

<p dir="ltr">The result represents that.   If you do something or want something, \
please understand that it is your job to do express yourself, not the community&#39;s \
job to pull from you.</p> <p dir="ltr">Unspoken expectations are most likely to lead \
to disappointment, I suppose :)</p> <p dir="ltr">Cheers,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Seemant</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 17, 2014 7:28 AM, &quot;Richard Yao&quot; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:ryao@gentoo.org">ryao@gentoo.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br \
type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br>
&gt; On Jul 17, 2014, at 8:36 AM, Samuli Suominen &lt;<a \
href="mailto:ssuominen@gentoo.org">ssuominen@gentoo.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br> &gt; For \
what&#39;s it worth, I couldn&#39;t care less if my voting is public or not,<br> &gt; \
it&#39;s nothing personal to anyone, it&#39;s only what I think is best for the<br> \
&gt; distribution<br> &gt;<br>
&gt; And I hope others feel the same way (even those whom didn&#39;t get elected)<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
I admit that I had some initial negative feelings when I saw that the only less \
popular option than myself was reopening nominations, but I got over it after \
realizing that people&#39;s opinions were none of my business. I had refrained from \
making unsolicited statements on my positions in the belief that someone should ask \
first, but none did.<br>

<br>
I think that is unfortunate that no one asked and that the outcome might have been \
different had a single person asked, but c&#39;est la vie. I bear no ill will toward \
anyone who cast a vote (or did not cast a vote). How people voted should have no \
bearing on the interactions between those voting and those on the ballot.<br>

</blockquote></div>



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