From a5d8b2bf733fd17c2b2586c6feb73b3247a4dd33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kurt Roeckx Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:59:49 +0100 Subject: Add srud's platform --- english/vote/2024/platforms/index.wml | 1 + english/vote/2024/platforms/srud.wml | 282 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml | 3 +- 3 files changed, 284 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 english/vote/2024/platforms/srud.wml diff --git a/english/vote/2024/platforms/index.wml b/english/vote/2024/platforms/index.wml index bd94ddf467a..c6f3e08be6a 100644 --- a/english/vote/2024/platforms/index.wml +++ b/english/vote/2024/platforms/index.wml @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@

diff --git a/english/vote/2024/platforms/srud.wml b/english/vote/2024/platforms/srud.wml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d52fd3f2697 --- /dev/null +++ b/english/vote/2024/platforms/srud.wml @@ -0,0 +1,282 @@ +#use wml::debian::template title="Platform for Sruthi Chandran" BARETITLE="true" NOHEADER="true" +#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/vote/style.inc" + +DPL +platform 2024 (This +an updated version of my 2021 platform)

+

+Sruthi Chandran

+

srud@d.o

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+

Who +am I?

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I am a librarian +turned Free Software enthusiast and Debian Developer from India. +

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Some of my +activities in Debian are:

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I have been +mentoring people to contribute to Debian for many years now. I am +involved in organizing numerous packaging workshops and other Debian +events throughout India. I am also involved in organizing other free +software events like Free Software +Camp.

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Why +am I contesting?

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+

Concerned with the +skewed gender ratios within the Free Software community (and Debian) +I am working towards doing whatever I can to better the situation. +How many times did we have a non-(cis)male candidate for DPL? If I am +not wrong, when I contested in 2020, I was the second non-(cis)male +DPL candidate till date. As with my last two rounds of contesting for +DPL (2020 & 2021), this year too my primary goal of contesting is +to bring the diversity issues for discussion. I believe I was +successful in that at-least to a small extend in my previous rounds.

+

I am aware that +Debian is doing things to increase diversity within Debian, but as we +can see, it is not sufficient. I am sad that there are only two women +Debian Developer from a large country like India. I believe diversity +is not something to be discussed only within Debian-women or +Debian-diversity. It should come up for discussion in each and every +aspect of the project.

+

DPL elections is an +important activity in our project and I plan to bring up the topic of +diversity for discussion every election till we have a non-(cis)male +DPL.

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I feel that one +effective way to encourage diverse people to contribute is to have +more visibility for diversity already within the community. As more +and more women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer +people who are already part of the project become more visible +instead of staying hidden in some part of the project, more gender +diverse people will feel comfortable joining our community. +Geographic/ethnic diversity are also important areas which need +attention.

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What +are my plans as DPL?

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1. +Diversity

+

+Since diversity is my primary focus, let me start with that. +

+

Diversity +budget

+

+In-spite of spending a good amount of money on diversity, we seem to +not get the expected outcome. My first task as DPL would be to +revisit the existing spending pattern to analyse why and where we are +going wrong. When I say we should focus on diversity, I do not mean +that we should blindly spend money in the name of diversity. I am +personally aware of instances where the diversity budget expenditure +did bad instead of any good.

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+Another thing I would focus with respect to the diversity budget is +to publicise it more so that people who deserve it get to know about +it so that we do not end up spending it just for the sake of +spending.

+

Diversity +activities

+

+I have heard that Debian-women project did some incredible work in +improving women contributors till it went dormant. Now we have the +Debian-diversity initiative, but this hasn’t gained much momentum +yet. I plan to streamline their activities and if possible have a +delegated team focusing on diversity. The delegated team shall +co-ordinate all the diversity related activities in Debian. This team +will also be involved in the decisions and expenditure of the +diversity budget.

+

Local +activities

+

+Debian-localgroups which was conceptualised by our current DPL is a +great idea to promote geographical diversity. I plan to use the +potential of localgroups to organize more local events and have more +diverse people contribute to Debian.

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2. +Outreach

+

+My second focus area is +outreach activities. I have been working with the Debian-outreach +team for more than 3 years now. I feel outreach is one important +activity which often does not get its due importance. Our outreach +team end up being just co-ordinators for GSoC and Outreachy. I have a +couple of ideas planned out for outreach.

+

Debian +camp

+

Debian +camp is a concept that I borrowed from Free +Software Camp for +which I was one of the core organizers. Basically the concept is to +have 3-4 months long +online mentorship program. The advantage of a Debian specific +mentorship program is that we can tailor the program according to our +specific needs.

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There +will be two parts for the program. In the first part, the primary +focus will be on the philosophy of Debian (and free software) and why +one should contribute to Debian etc. We can have common sessions on +these topics +for +the mentees. In the second part, the mentees will work with mentors +on the projects of their choice.

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+In this activity, I plan to +have the Debian-outreach team as the co-ordinators/facilitators who +work in collaboration with Debian-diversity, Debian-localgroups, +Debian Academy etc. The Debian-outreach team will be doing the +back-end activities of organizing, scheduling etc. while other teams +will be helping out with resource persons/mentors/projects etc. I +specifically intend to have Debian-localgroups involved so that we +can have localised activities and not just in English.

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+The question of whether to pay +stipend or not could be discussed later and decided (we did not have +stipend for the Free Software Camp and still it was a success).

+

DebConf +Boot-camp

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+This is an in person camp +which can happen during the DebCamp (this is an idea I borrowed from +mollydb). I believe that there is nothing like in-person mentoring.

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+Often we have new people who +attend the DebConf are confused on what and how to start +contributing. This bootstrapping activity can help them to find +directions. I do believe that we have a lot of people interested to +help out with this. Exact plan to have this worked out can be +discussed and decided later.

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Review +of current activities

+

+A thorough review of current +outreach activities is long overdue. We need to examine the +effectiveness of our GSoC and Outreachy participations, what we can +do better and what we can do new.

+

3. +Community

+

+Debian community is a great +community. But that does not mean we are perfect. Some points I would +be interested to take up as DPL are:

+

Welcoming

+

Even +when we say we are a welcoming community, for an outsider it might +not appear so. There are a lot of reasons for this. The main reason +being that online communication often leads to miscommunication and +unintended flame wars. As a community, we +need to work towards making Debian more welcoming to all – new +comers and old timers alike. I am very keen on facilitating +discussions on this as a DPL. +

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Change +embracing

+

+It is often observed that +Debian as a community is reluctant to change most of the time. As a +DPL, I would like to develop a culture of embracing change. I would +encourage and facilitate people proposing new ideas and processes for +improvement of Debian.

+

4. +Debian as an organisation

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+Debian +Foundation (?)

+

+In some of the previous years’ +DPL campaigns, having Debian as a registered organisation has come +up. In 2020, Brian Gupta’s platform focused on forming Debian +Foundation and in 2022, Jonathan Carter mentioned about formal +registration of Debian as an organisation. While organising +DebConf23, I had to face some issues because Debian is not a +registered organisation, That is when I started thinking about this +concept seriously.

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+So, as a DPL, I would be +definitely interested in exploring the possibilities, advantages and +disadvantages of having Debian registered. I am not saying that this +is my main agenda, but it will definitely be brought up if I am +elected.

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+Trusted organisations

+

+As one of the main +responsibilities of DPL is financial management, I would like to +revisit our relationship with the existing trusted organisations, +fund management procedure and if needed, explore the possibilities of +having more TOs to reduce dependency on one or two. During DebConf23 +organising, we had to face numerous fund distribution issues. Some of +it definitely was specific to Indian scenario, but still I could +think of a lot of improvement that can be done with respect to fund +distribution through TOs. +

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5. +Financial

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+Accounting

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+From previous DPLs, I have +heard that the current process of accounting of Debian assets is very +complicated. As DPL, I would like to put some focus on streamlining +and automating the accounting process across different TOs. I am +thinking about having some process set up by which we can have a +transparent and upto date asset information available. +

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6. +Miscellaneous

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+DPL helpers +(DPL committee?)

+

+I have heard from the previous +DPLs that the workload is too huge to be completed by a single +person. During my last round of contesting, someone suggested the +concept of having helpers for DPL. I agree with the thought process +and I intend to have 1-2 people to do some work that can be offloaded +from the DPL workload. This would help in reducing revert time and +increaing efficiency.

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Time +commitment

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One advantage I have +over most of the previous and present DPL candidates is the amount of +time I will be able to commit for my DPL activities. My work setup is +such that I get to decide when and how much time I work. This means +that I can give good priority to the DPL activities.

diff --git a/english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml b/english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml index 8b18ac2daa3..e9074b6c363 100644 --- a/english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml +++ b/english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml @@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
  1. Andreas Tille [] [nomination mail] [platform] -
  2. Sruthi Chandran [] [nomination mail] -# [platform] +
  3. Sruthi Chandran [] [nomination mail] [platform]
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