Debian Leadership Debate
Date
The debate was held on Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at 1900 UTC.
Where
irc.debian.org on channel #debian-debate
Format
24 hours before the debate each of the candidates emailed their
opening speech
to the debate organizer, Jason Gunthorpe. They
were then placed on this page. Everything was added at
the same time to ensure fairness.
The actual debate has two parts. First, a strongly moderated traditional debate:
- The moderator asks a candidate a question. The candidate then has a reasonable period to respond.
- After the response each of the other candidates responds in turn.
- The first candidate gets to make closing remarks on the question.
- The order of the candidates is rotated for each question.
The second part of the debate is more freestyle. Questions submitted by the audience and developers are asked. Each candidate gets a short period to respond.
Candidate Positions
The candidates are listed in the order of the nominations. In most cases there is no clear division between the announcement and the platform statement so they are simply given as a numbered list.
- Ben Collins
- Announcement and Platform: 1 2
- Opening Speech for the Debate
- Wichert Akkerman
- Announcement and Platform: 1
- Opening Speech for the Debate
- Joel Klecker
- Announcement and Platform: 1
- Opening Speech for the Debate
- Matthew Vernon
- Announcement and Platform: 1 2
- Opening Speech for the Debate
Log of the Candidate Debate
The raw transcript and formatted version are available. Also, the raw topics and informal questions for the debate. Not all topics had a chance to be discussed.