Would You Write Python Articles or Screencasts for Money?

[Steve Holden]

Anton Vredegoor wrote:
> Antoon Pardon wrote:
>> On 2007-04-25, Anton Vredegoor <anton.vredegoor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Antoon Pardon wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> That's a good point, and also a valid reason for restricting the
>>>>>> voting community to PSF members. Thanks, Alex.
>>>>> So in order to avoid a suspicion of a conflict of interest you want to 
>>>>> turn the whole thing into private property of the PSF?
>>>>>
>>>>> That is  the most ridiculous suggestion I have ever
>>>> I kind of understand why they would want to do this. If you have
>>>> no limitations on who may vote, such a contest can easily turn
>>>> into a contest of who can mobilize the biggest clan of supporters.
>>> Sure, any democratic process can be derailed by a coordinated effort of 
>>> people with a different mentality. To prevent such things by killing the 
>>> democratic process oneself right at the beginning of a project is a 
>>> peculiar way of avoiding this risk.
>> As far as I understood the idea was to reward excellence. The process
>> to achieve this can be democratic, but in that case it is just a means
>> to an end. The democratic process was not an end itself.
> 
> Yes, but this sub thread was about avoiding a suspicion of a conflict of 
> interests. If this suspicion is to be avoided by just openly promoting 
> the interests of the members of the PSF that is one hell of a way of 
> solving the problem.
> 
Perhaps you misunderstood. The quote you were reacting to said """... 
for restricting the *voting* community to PSF members""" (emphasisi 
added here).

In other words, the PSF members get to decide who wins awards, while 
themselves being ineligible. Does this make a difference?

regards
  Steve
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