My DPL ballot

So, now that the results of the DPL vote are in, I feel I can reasonably show my DPL ballot without doing something which I would consider "campaigning". And since I've done this a few times in the past now, I feel I ought to do it again. So, here goes:

[ 1 ] Choice 1: Wouter Verhelst
[ 6 ] Choice 6: Aigars Mahinovs
[ 4 ] Choice 3: Gustavo Franco
[ 2 ] Choice 4: Sam Hocevar
[ 1 ] Choice 5: Steve McIntyre
[ 5 ] Choice 6: Raphaël Hertzog
[ 5 ] Choice 7: Anthony Towns
[ 3 ] Choice 8: Simon Richter
[   ] Choice 9: None Of The Above

I guess it's no surprise I put myself up first. Running for DPL is a serious business, so it makes no sense running if you don't believe in it yourself. However, as I expressed during campaigning, I believe Steve was a very strong candidate, too; so I wouldn't have mind if it was him who won instead of me.

Next, I put Sam Hocevar, since he also had a rather strong platform; he has some experience in leading a project (albeit on a much smaller scale); and yes, humour is good, too. I didn't put him first too, because there are some things in his platform that I have second thoughts on (mainly some of the technical matters that I believe have nothing to do with the DPL), but that didn't cause me to rank him down.

Simon Richter had a rather weak platform, and failed to convince me during campaigning, too. That I still put him rather high has everything to do with having met him in person a few times.

What follows are people I would have preferred not to see elected. I didn't feel that strong about it that I would vote them below NOTA, but still.

Gustavo is very enthousiastic and had many projects he would have liked to accomplish, but I sensed some naivete coming from him. Therefore, I wasn't sure he'd make a good DPL.

If I look at this past year, I look at a lot of unneeded bitterness. Some of that bitterness is a direct result of actions the DPL took; others are a result of things the DPL failed to act upon properly. Therefore, I feel the current DPL hasn't done much of what I want a DPL to do. Ranked along with him is Raphaël; after thinking about it, I think a DPL election is not the right place to promote a replacement structure in place of the DPL. Hence.

Last, I've put Aigars. I'm sorry to say that I feel his platform has lost all touch with reality.

Finally, I'd like to congratulate Sam Hocevar for winning, and Steve for making a very close second—again. I don't know about him, but I'd be rather frustrated with such a result.