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Stuart Herbert wrote: [Mon Apr 11 2005, 01:01:45PM CDT] |
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> Have you thought about splitting the membership into voting and |
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> non-voting groups? You could have the voting membership as devs et al |
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> who have applied for voting rights (to address the quorum concern), but |
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> also sell non-dev (and therefore non-voting) membership to users & |
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> companies? It's easier to get companies to give you money in return for |
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> something they can advertise (hey, look, we're a Gentoo Foundation |
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> Member!) than to simply get out the begging bowl. |
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The original version of the bylaws did allow for purchased memberships, |
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and every comment I received about them were negative, so I removed that |
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part of the bylaws. (The bylaws are considerably copied, with |
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permission, from the Python Software Foundation bylaws.) Please note |
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that these bylaws are still very much _proposed_ bylaws. |
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I would accept the notion that members have to request voting rights, |
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but I don't understand why one would want to be a member without voting |
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rights. It's not as though being a member of the Foundation gets you a |
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T-shirt or anything, so what's the point? I wouldn't think there'd be |
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much in the way of bragging rights either, since "I'm a Gentoo dev" |
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seems like it would be just as impressive (if not more so) as "I'm a |
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member of the Gentoo Foundation". |
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I get the feeling that I must be missing an obvious point, but I don't |
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know what it is. |
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> (Btw, where and how do I sign up for membership?) |
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Well, that's a bit of a moot point until the requirements for membership |
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are solidified. If we go with your suggestion, then you won't sign up, |
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you'll simply be added to the rolls. |
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