Re: [Tech-board-discuss] Technical Advisory Board Elections

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:11:26 +0100
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:

> On Wed 2018-11-07 14:20:52, Chris Mason wrote:
> > On 7 Nov 2018, at 5:12, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I'd like to stand for TAB elections in 2018.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what the format of statements for the slideshow is / how
> > > long it should be?
> > >  
> > 
> > Hi Pavel,
> > 
> > You can take a look at the google doc for statements from this year, or 
> > look at last year's: https://goo.gl/ADVFtT
> > 
> > In general it's an introduction to yourself and why you'd like to run 
> > for the TAB, one-three short paragraphs.  
> 
> Ok, let me try:
> 
> "Kernel hackers are funny people. They count time in patch
> levels. Pavel started hacking kernel at time of Linux 1.3, because he
> wanted his CD-ROM to work; that eventually became NBD driver. He then
> helped with x86-64 kernel port and got hibernation support merged into
> kernel, which he still co-maintains.
> 
> Pavel currently works on various embedded projects. In his spare time,
> he rides horses, helps maintaining the LED subsystems, and he is on
> quest to get up-to-date kernels running on cellphones, with final goal
> of running "normal" distributions on phones.
> 
> Pavel believes that community is important, and that important
> decisions should be made publicly. He believes that development should
> be fun, and that honest communication should be possible on the
> mailing lists. Pavel finds it important to get replies when
> communicating with maintainers; even reply that is not politically
> correct is useful, because it you know maintainer is willing to talk,
> and ideally you get also some idea what the problem is. Silent
> maintainer is worse as you don't know what is going on. Goal of the
> kernel development should be to get best possible kernel, and it
> should be possible to have fun while doing so.
> "
>

Hi Pavel,

I just want to confirm that this is your self nomination. Usually,
people will send a new message (not in a thread) with the subject like
"TAB Nomination".

Perhaps we need to spell this out a bit better.

Pavel, either just confirm that is what you mean, or better yet, send
out a new email to the tech-board-discuss list (not as a reply to a
thread) with the subject "TAB Nomination", and that will also more
likely get more people to see it.

Either way, I'll then add you to the google docs of those that are
running.

-- Steve