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:

  1. The moderator asks a candidate a question. The candidate then has a reasonable period to respond.
  2. After the response each of the other candidates responds in turn.
  3. The first candidate gets to make closing remarks on the question.
  4. 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.