Stuart Herbert wrote:

> It shouldn't do.  It's a common enough model, one used by many
> professional and trade organisations.


Sure.  But we're doing this with volunteers, some of which we can't seem
to get to speak up as it is, I'd hate to imagine the added task of
tracking varying membership levels..   :P

> Buying a membership has a different slant to it.  Companies do it all
> the time.  It'd be even better if we could offer some form of
> subscription, but right now I can't think of what we could offer in that
> way.


It could remain an option for the future.  But as Grant already pointed
out, it was in the first proposed set of bylaws and was highly criticized.

> I must have missed that.  I would have sworn that this thread was about
> who could apply for membership, rather than where to go and what to fill
> out :P


Sorry, figuring out who could apply for membership is a prerequisite to
opening up for membership applications.   :)

Cheers,

-C

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Gentoo Linux Infrastructure Team and Devrel Team
Gentoo Foundation Board of Trustees
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