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On Friday, October 14, 2016 4:43:38 AM EDT Mart Raudsepp wrote: |
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> I have no interest in being automatically assigned to be a member of |
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> some foundation, and not know any of the related legalese, benefits, |
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> responsibilities, and so forth and THEN make my own decision if I want |
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> that to go hand in hand with my ability to contribute to Gentoo |
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> technically without going through someone else who happens to have |
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> agreed to be part of a Foundation. |
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I believe that was the sentiment back in 08 when reviewing by laws before |
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adoption. |
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There are no responsibilities, liabilities, or any burden from foundation |
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membership. If you are not interested it is essentially meaningless to you. At |
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worst you do not vote. But there really is nothing bad about automatic |
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membership even for those who have no interest. |
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There was a really big discussion on membership in 08 during the by laws |
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review. I have many more emails than show in the archive sadly. I am pretty |
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sure someone expressed that very same thus not having automatic inclusion. |
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[gentoo-nfp] Section 4.1 Member Classes |
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https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-nfp/threads/2008-05/ |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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