Re: Questions for the candidates

[Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>]

On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 10:17:02AM +0100 or thereabouts, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le samedi 08 novembre 2003, a 19:26, Telsa Gwynne a ecrit :
> > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 06:01:26PM +0100 or thereabouts, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > > Telsa: if you have any hesitation, feel free to send us a mail. Andy has
> > > volunteered to help you if you need some help.
> > 
> > My only hesitation is whether to pick entire paragraphs which are
> > three or four questions in one, or whether to lift single sentences
> > from them when I like those single questions. (Whether or not it was
> > the main thrust of the question.)
> > 
> > I assume it's up to me which I do (and there is a docs question going
> > begging in the middle of one of them, so grabbing that is tempting :)), 
> > but comments are welcome.
> 
> I'd say 'pick entire paragraphs': this way, candidates will more easily
> understand what the person who posted the question meant. But you can of
> course just pick one question from a long paragraph: you're right when
> you say this is up to you :-)

So I pasted all the long paragraphs in, and ended up with a 
colossally long mail. I thought a way to deal with this might 
be to say: 

I am now very inclined to do this:

 1 How do you manage your time and that of others?
   (murrayc)
   http://www.gnomedesktop.org/comments.php?sid=1428&op=showcomment&tid=19388
                                                                                
And put a whacking great "_read the whole post_" note at the top.

Even doing this, I have something like an 80+ line post, and
that's before they start replying to it!

> No technical questions. The board of the Foundation is not involved in
> technical decisions, so we should really avoid these questions. We all
> agree here.

Good stuff. Okay, I have a provisional list of ten questions and
links to them. One of them was actually moderated down as flamebait
but underneath the rant there is a good question about process
and momentum. 

So. Now what? Do I post them, or send them to you (which address?)
and you send them to the candidates, or what?

You can see them for now at 

http://www.linux.org.uk/~telsa/tmp/qs