Comments on Random Thoughts of Jon: State of the Fedora Board

Michael -This was not intended to be inciteful nor...

2008-06-30T14:55:00.000-04:00

Michael -

This was not intended to be inciteful nor to create a stir - if it has, I've failed. The choice of medium was intentional - to get my thoughts out there, without creating much of a stir beyond what had already been created. I think that I pretty clearly expressed that there is no "Red Hat v. Non Red Hat" sentiment here - at least that was the point. I'll leave this at this, though - as not to create a stir :)

Jon, that's a blog post from you with the purpose ...

2008-06-28T05:30:00.000-04:00

Jon, that's a blog post from you with the purpose of causing a great stir instead of being helpful.

I back up Jeff's interest in the statistics on voter distribution. Not for lame conspiracy theories that have popped out of your head, but with the hope of getting some input while trying to understand the low voter turnout.

Your thoughts and the way you express yourself in a blog (instead of a more suitable medium like fab-list) are harmful, especially because you've been a FPB candidate. You've misunderstood a lot of the thread you refer to. There are people who are tired of inflammatory "Red Hat vs. the community" topics, which are started with no reason or as a result of poor misunderstandings when meeting people with frayed nerves. As why you've come up with a blog post like this is beyond my comprehension.

You asked why people did not vote.I voted, but, to...

2008-06-28T00:19:00.000-04:00

You asked why people did not vote.

I voted, but, to be honest, only out of a sense of obligation. If I recall correctly, I ranked all of the candidates within a point or so. Not because I didn't care about the results, but because all of the candidates were so full of awesome. Some of them I know very well, I know about their contributions to the community, and all of the awesome work they've already done. Others I didn't know as well, but also had a clear track record within the community, and may have brought fresh new ideas and perspectives to the board. Here in the US, we're used to elections where we have to pick the lesser of two (or more) evils. In this case, I was faced with the choice of too many great candidates. Should I pick the person whose track record I am very familiar with over the person who might have fresh energy and ideas? Or the new person, and risk giving the proven leader the feeling that his work wasn't appreciated?