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     </p>
     <ul>
 	<li><a href="tille">Andreas Tille</a></li>
+	<li><a href="srud">Sruthi Chandran</a></li>
     </ul>
diff --git a/english/vote/2024/platforms/srud.wml b/english/vote/2024/platforms/srud.wml
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+#use wml::debian::template title="Platform for Sruthi Chandran" BARETITLE="true" NOHEADER="true"
+#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/vote/style.inc"
+
+<font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><i><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt"><b>DPL
+platform 2024</b></font><b> (</b><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">This
+an updated version of my 2021 platform)</span></font></i></font></p>
+<p style="font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt"><b>Sruthi Chandran</b></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="mailto:srud@d.o"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">srud@d.o</span></span></font></span></a></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br/>
+
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt"><b>Who
+am I?</b></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br/>
+
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">I am a librarian
+turned Free Software enthusiast and Debian Developer from India. 
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Some of my
+activities in Debian are:</p>
+<ul>
+	<li><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">ruby,
+	javascript, golang and font packages (totalling to around 200) since
+	2016. (not very active nowadays)</p>
+	<li><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Community Team
+	delegate since Aug 2020.</p>
+	<li><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Application
+	Manager since Jul 2020</p>
+	<li><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Outreach team
+	since Aug/Sep 2020. 
+	</p>
+	<li><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Chief orga
+	DebConf India 2023</p>
+	<li><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">DebConf
+	Committee member since 2023</p>
+</ul>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br/>
+
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">I have been
+mentoring people to contribute to Debian for many years now. I am
+involved in organizing numerous packaging workshops and other Debian
+events throughout India. I am also involved in organizing other free
+software events like <a href="https://camp.fsf.org.in/">Free Software
+Camp</a>.</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br/>
+
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt"><b>Why
+am I contesting?</b></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br/>
+
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Concerned with the
+skewed gender ratios within the Free Software community (and Debian)
+I am working towards doing whatever I can to better the situation.
+How many times did we have a non-(cis)male candidate for DPL? If I am
+not wrong, when I contested in 2020, I was the second non-(cis)male
+DPL candidate till date. As with my last two rounds of contesting for
+DPL (2020 &amp; 2021), this year too my primary goal of contesting is
+to bring the diversity issues for discussion. I believe I was
+successful in that at-least to a small extend in my previous rounds.</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">I am aware that
+Debian is doing things to increase diversity within Debian, but as we
+can see, it is not sufficient. I am sad that there are only two women
+Debian Developer from a large country like India. I believe diversity
+is not something to be discussed only within Debian-women or
+Debian-diversity. It should come up for discussion in each and every
+aspect of the project.</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">DPL elections is an
+important activity in our project and I plan to bring up the topic of
+diversity for discussion every election till we have a non-(cis)male
+DPL.</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">I feel that one
+effective way to encourage diverse people to contribute is to have
+more visibility for diversity already within the community. As more
+and more women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer
+people who are already part of the project become more visible
+instead of staying hidden in some part of the project, more gender
+diverse people will feel comfortable joining our community.
+Geographic/ethnic diversity are also important areas which need
+attention.</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br/>
+
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt"><b>What
+are my plans as DPL?</b></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br/>
+
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><b>1.
+</b></font></span><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><u><b>Diversity</b></u></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+Since diversity is my primary focus, let me start with that. 
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><i><b>Diversity
+budget</b></i></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+In-spite of spending a good amount of money on diversity, we seem to
+not get the expected outcome. My first task as DPL would be to
+revisit the existing spending pattern to analyse why and where we are
+going wrong. When I say we should focus on diversity, I do not mean
+that we should blindly spend money in the name of diversity. I am
+personally aware of instances where the diversity budget expenditure
+did bad instead of any good.</p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+Another thing I would focus with respect to the diversity budget is
+to publicise it more so that people who deserve it get to know about
+it so that we do not end up spending it just for the sake of
+spending.</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><i><b>Diversity
+activities</b></i></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+I have heard that Debian-women project did some incredible work in
+improving women contributors till it went dormant. Now we have the
+Debian-diversity initiative, but this hasn’t gained much momentum
+yet. I plan to streamline their activities and if possible have a
+delegated team focusing on diversity. The delegated team shall
+co-ordinate all the diversity related activities in Debian. This team
+will also be involved in the decisions and expenditure of the
+diversity budget.</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><i><b>Local
+activities</b></i></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+Debian-localgroups which was conceptualised by our current DPL is a
+great idea to promote geographical diversity. I plan to use the
+potential of localgroups to organize more local events and have more
+diverse people contribute to Debian.</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><b>2.
+</b></font></span><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><u><b>Outreach</b></u></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">My second focus area is
+outreach activities. I have been working with the Debian-outreach
+team for more than 3 years now. I feel outreach is one important
+activity which often does not get its due importance. Our outreach
+team end up being just co-ordinators for GSoC and Outreachy. I have a
+couple of ideas planned out for outreach.</font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>Debian
+camp</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">Debian
+camp is a concept that I borrowed from <a href="https://camp.fsf.org.in/">Free
+Software Camp</a></span></span></font></span> <font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">for
+which I was one of the core organizers. Basically the concept is to
+have 3-4 months</span></font> <font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">long
+online mentorship program. The advantage of a Debian specific
+mentorship program is that we can tailor the program according to our
+specific needs.</span></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">There
+will be two parts for the program. In the first part, the primary
+focus will be on the philosophy of Debian (and free software) and why
+one should contribute to Debian etc. We can have common sessions on
+these</span></font> <font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">topics</span></font>
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">for
+the mentees. In the second part, the mentees will work with mentors
+on the projects of their choice.</span></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">In this activity, I plan to
+have the Debian-outreach team as the co-ordinators/facilitators who
+work in collaboration with Debian-diversity, Debian-localgroups,
+Debian Academy etc. The Debian-outreach team will be doing the
+back-end activities of organizing, scheduling etc. while other teams
+will be helping out with resource persons/mentors/projects etc. I
+specifically intend to have Debian-localgroups involved so that we
+can have localised activities and not just in English.</font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">The question of whether to pay
+stipend or not could be discussed later and decided (we did not have
+stipend for the Free Software Camp and still it was a success).</font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>DebConf
+Boot-camp</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">This is an in person camp
+which can happen during the DebCamp (this is an idea I borrowed from
+mollydb). I believe that there is nothing like in-person mentoring.</font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Often we have new people who
+attend the DebConf are confused on what and how to start
+contributing. This bootstrapping activity can help them to find
+directions. I do believe that we have a lot of people interested to
+help out with this. Exact plan to have this worked out can be
+discussed and decided later.</font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>Review
+of current activities</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">A thorough review of current
+outreach activities is long overdue. We need to examine the
+effectiveness of our GSoC and Outreachy participations, what we can
+do better and what we can do new.</font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><b>3.
+</b></font></span><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><u><b>Community</b></u></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Debian community is a great
+community. But that does not mean we are perfect. Some points I would
+be interested to take up as DPL are:</font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>Welcoming</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">Even
+when we say we are a welcoming community, for an outsider it might
+not appear so. There are a lot of reasons for this. The main reason
+being that online communication often leads to miscommunication and
+unintended flame wars. As a community,</span></font> <font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">we
+need to work towards making Debian more welcoming to all – new
+comers and old timers alike. I am very keen on facilitating
+discussions on this as a DPL. </span></font>
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>Change
+embracing</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">It is often observed that
+Debian as a community is reluctant to change most of the time. As a
+DPL, I would like to develop a culture of embracing change. I would
+encourage and facilitate people proposing new ideas and processes for
+improvement of Debian.</font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><b><span style="text-decoration: none">4.
+</span><u>Debian as an organisation</u></b></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">
+<font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><i><b><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Debian</font>
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">Foundation</font> (?)</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">In some of the previous years’
+DPL campaigns, having Debian as a registered organisation has come
+up. In 2020, Brian Gupta’s platform focused on forming Debian
+Foundation and in 2022, Jonathan Carter mentioned about formal
+registration of Debian as an organisation. While organising
+DebConf23, I had to face some issues because Debian is not a
+registered organisation, That is when I started thinking about this
+concept seriously.</font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">So, as a DPL, I would be
+definitely interested in exploring the possibilities, advantages and
+disadvantages of having Debian registered. I am not saying that this
+is my main agenda, but it will definitely be brought up if I am
+elected.</font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>Trusted organisations</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">As one of the main
+responsibilities of DPL is financial management, I would like to
+revisit our relationship with the existing trusted organisations,
+fund management procedure and if needed, explore the possibilities of
+having more TOs to reduce dependency on one or two. During DebConf23
+organising, we had to face numerous fund distribution issues. Some of
+it definitely was specific to Indian scenario, but still I could
+think of a lot of improvement that can be done with respect to fund
+distribution through TOs. </font>
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><b><span style="text-decoration: none">5.
+</span><u>Financial</u></b></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>Accounting</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">From previous DPLs, I have
+heard that the current process of accounting of Debian assets is very
+complicated. As DPL, I would like to put some focus on streamlining
+and automating the accounting process across different TOs. I am
+thinking about having some process set up by which we can have a
+transparent and upto date asset information available. </font>
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="4" style="font-size: 14pt"><b><span style="text-decoration: none">6.
+</span><u>Miscellaneous</u></b></font></p>
+<p style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt"><i><b>DPL</b></i> <i><b>helpers
+(DPL committee?)</b></i></font></p>
+<p style="font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none">
+<font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt">I have heard from the previous
+DPLs that the workload is too huge to be completed by a single
+person. During my last round of contesting, someone suggested the
+concept of having helpers for DPL. I agree with the thought process
+and I intend to have 1-2 people to do some work that can be offloaded
+from the DPL workload. This would help in reducing revert time and
+increaing efficiency.</font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br/>
+
+</p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt"><b>Time
+commitment</b></font></p>
+<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">One advantage I have
+over most of the previous and present DPL candidates is the amount of
+time I will be able to commit for my DPL activities. My work setup is
+such that I get to decide when and how much time I work. This means
+that I can give good priority to the DPL activities.</p>
diff --git a/english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml b/english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml
index 8b18ac2daa3..e9074b6c363 100644
--- a/english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml
+++ b/english/vote/2024/vote_001.wml
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
           <vnominations />
             <ol>
 		<li>Andreas Tille [<email tille@debian.org>] [<a href='https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2024/03/msg00002.html'>nomination mail</a>] [<a href="platforms/tille">platform</a>]
-		<li>Sruthi Chandran [<email srud@debian.org>] [<a href='https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2024/03/msg00005.html'>nomination mail</a>]
-# [<a href="platforms/srud">platform</a>]
+		<li>Sruthi Chandran [<email srud@debian.org>] [<a href='https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2024/03/msg00005.html'>nomination mail</a>] [<a href="platforms/srud">platform</a>]
             </ol>
             
 #             <p>