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From: Kurt Roeckx
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:42:43 +0100
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#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
-
-
-
-Who
-am I?
-
-
-
-I am a librarian
-turned Free Software enthusiast and Debian Developer from India.
-
-Some of my
-activities in Debian are:
-
- ruby,
- javascript, golang and font packages (totalling to around 200) since
- 2016. (not very active nowadays)
- Community Team
- delegate since Aug 2020.
- Application
- Manager since Jul 2020
- Outreach team
- since Aug/Sep 2020.
-
- Chief orga
- DebConf India 2023
- DebConf
- Committee member since 2023
-
-
-
-
-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.
-
-
-
-Why
-am I contesting?
-
-
-
-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.
-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.
-
-
-
-What
-are my plans as DPL?
-
-
-
-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.
-
-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.
-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.
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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
-
-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.
-
-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.
-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.
-
-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
-
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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.
-
-5.
-Financial
-
-Accounting
-
-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.
-
-6.
-Miscellaneous
-
-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.
-
-
-
-Time
-commitment
-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.
+
+
DPL platform 2024
(This an updated version of my 2021 platform)
+
Sruthi Chandran
+
srud@d.o
+
Who am I?
+
+ I am a librarian turned Free Software enthusiast and Debian Developer
+ from India.
+
+
Some of my activities in Debian are:
+
+ -
+ ruby, javascript, golang and font packages (totalling to around
+ 200) since 2016. (not very active nowadays)
+
+ -
+ Community Team delegate since Aug 2020.
+
+ -
+ Application Manager since Jul 2020.
+
+ -
+ Outreach team since Aug/Sep 2020.
+
+ -
+ Chief orga DebConf India 2023.
+
+ -
+ DebConf Committee member since 2023.
+
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
Why am I contesting?
+
+ 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.
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
What are my plans as DPL
+
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.
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
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.
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
+ 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
+
+ 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.
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
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.
+
+
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
+
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.
+
+
+ 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.
+
+
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.
+
+
5. Financial
+
Accounting
+
+ 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.
+
+
6. Miscellaneous
+
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 increasing efficiency.
+
+
Time commitment
+
+ 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.
+
+
+
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