[FFmpeg-devel] [ANNOUNCE] upcoming vote: TC/CC elections

[James Almer]

On 11/11/2023 3:34 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 11:02:05AM +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> as previously discussed, we need to re-elect the members of the
>> Technical and Community Committees. As a reminder - the Technical
>> Committee (TC) resolves technical disputes, while the Community
>> Committee (CC) resolves personal conflicts and code of conduct
>> violations.
>>
>> Anyone can become a member of either committee - they do not need to be
>> in GA (i.e. have voting rights). One person can also be a member of both
>> committees at once.
>>
>> The vote should start the Monday after the previous vote (extra GA
>> members) finishes - that should be either 2023-11-20 or 2023-11-27 -
>> giving us two or three weeks for discussion and proposing candidates.
>>
>> The candidates so far are:
>>    * TC:
>>      - Jan Ekström
>>      - Anton Khirnov
>>      - Lynne
>>      - Martin Storsjö
>>      - Niklas Haas
>>      - Michael Niedermayer
>>      - Mark Thompson
>>    * CC:
>>      - Dave Rice (IIUC it was somebody else who suggested him, so he'd
>>        need to be asked whether he wants the position)
>>      - James Almer
>>      - Jean-Baptiste Kempf
>>      - Thilo Borgmann
>>      - Steven Liu
>>      - Ronald Bultje
>>      - Anton Khirnov
>>
>> (proposed at VDD as per Kyle's notes; I've also added myself as a CC
>> candidate).
>>
>> Anyone else wishing to volunteer for TC or CC, please reply to this
>> email.
> 
> So many people want to join the CC and ive forwarded so many insults
> to the CC with no reaction and no improvment. So i guess if I complain
> that the CC isnt doing its job, i guess i must at least volunteer
> to do the job better.
> So here is my candidacy, vote for me, i lack sozial skills but
> i recognize an insult when i see one and i can ban people if a friendly
> private reminder is "misunderstood" repeatedly (IFF i have the authority to do that)

If the CC is not acting it's because we're trying to get a new one 
formed. But the voting keeps being postponed because of seemingly 
endless bikeshedding.