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> > ... I may not agree to it and I |
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> > can accept that, but it is entirely within my right to ask for |
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> > clarification. |
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> [snip] |
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> Chrissy, |
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> You bring up an interesting point about 'rights' which since its likely |
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> to set a precedent I would like to respond to. |
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> The council is answerable to the entire developer community. The |
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> Foundation is answerable to its members. The two groups are not the |
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> same. You are a member of the former but not the latter, therefore |
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> have no rights with respect to the foundation. |
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It is true that the memberships are not identical but the overlapping is |
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intense to say the least. I became an official developer in April 2007, some |
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17 months ago. The only reason I am not a member of the foundation is |
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because foundation elections were postponed 6 months, otherwise I'd be a |
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member currently. I'd like to apply to become a member of the foundation but |
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cannot find how this is done. |
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From talking to others that predate the foundation and were around for the |
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implementation, the original intent was that any developer of greater than |
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one year could apply to become a foundation member, but to simplify the |
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process for all it was automatically granted at election time if they had |
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not previously applied. Evidently the process was not documented and I'd |
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like to pursue it. |
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Kind regards, |
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Christina Fullam |
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Gentoo Developer Relations Lead | Gentoo Public Relations |
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