Re: [gentoo-project] Foundation membership and who can join

[Matthew Thode]

On 10/13/2016 12:29 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
> On Thursday, October 13, 2016 11:35:42 AM EDT Matthew Thode wrote:
>> Current bylaws state that to become a member you need to petition the
>> trustees for membership to the foundation.  What verification is done by
>> trustees is up in the air.  Members also seem to be members for life
>> unless they remove themselves are are removed by a vote of the trustees.
>
> It is not in the current By Laws.
>
> I seem to recall there were provision stating you remain a member as long as
> you actively vote. If you do not vote after some period you can lose your
> membership via means of forfeit or something to that effect.
>
> I cannot find a link to it in the Gentoo archives, but my memory is correct.
> See forwarded message below. I guess this never made it into the adopted by
> laws. They should likely be amended.
>
> The rationale was if you are not voting after a period of time. You obviously
> lost interest, and thus membership. You could always re-apply to be a member
> of the foundation if removed due to inactivity/non-voting.
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Bylaws question - 4.4 Continuation of membership:
> Loss of interest
> Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 11:26:27 PM EDT
> From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
> To: Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o>
> CC: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o
>
> On 2008.09.03 00:12, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
>> Per the adopted bylaws:
>>> Section 4.4. Continuation of Membership
>> ...
>>> Loss of interest in the foundation shall be signalled by failure to
>>> return a ballot in two successive Trustee elections
>>
>> Is this retroactive on all previous foundations members that have not
>> voted in the last two Trustee elections?
>>
>> --
>> Robin Hugh Johnson
>> Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy
>> E-Mail     : robbat2@g.o
>> GnuPG FP   : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED  F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
>>
> Robin,
>
> No. They are 'Grandfathered' it applies to elections going forward.
> We had to have something to remove inactive members, or eventually,
> members meetings could never become quorate.
>
> The first reduction in membership under this rule will occur following
> the Feb. 2010 elections, thats two elections from now.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Roy Bamford
> (NeddySeagoon) a member of
> gentoo-ops
> forum-mods
> treecleaners
> trustees
>
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>

That's not in the wiki (where we list our bylaws) and if is the case
should be corrected.

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-- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)