On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 04:07, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
> For me it is still not clear what we would gain in becoming members of 
> the consortium. In any case, if we believe that we can gain in becoming 
> members, we do need to propose it to the management.

I would suggest a few things:
1) We would have more input, and therefore more power, on the broader
direction of desktop computing on Linux;
2) We would get Gentoo's name out as a distribution interested in
collaboration and development outside of itself, and increase our
contacts in other projects;
3) We would help in the consortium's goal of increasing the visibility
and capabiilty of desktop computing on Linux.

It's clear that a proposal to management is necessary -- however, I
thought it worthwhile to talk to the people it most directly affects
first to hear what they had to say.