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= Official Foundation Announcement = |
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All Gentoo community members please take note that the Foundation Bylaws |
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have been changed by unanimous vote of the Trustees. You can find them |
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at the link below for your reading pleasure. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/BylawsAdopted.xml |
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= Developers = |
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All Gentoo Developers not currently members of the Gentoo Foundation are |
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strongly encouraged to join before 11 January 2009 to be eligible to |
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nominate, vote, and/or stand in the upcoming trustees election. |
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For developers that desire to join the foundation, we have all the |
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necessary info available internally, so please simply email |
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trustees@g.o stating you wish to join. |
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= Community = |
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Recent changes to the Foundation Bylaws have expanded foundation |
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membership to include individuals from the entire Gentoo community. In |
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the endeavor to facilitate greater community and communication between |
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the developers and the users of Gentoo and open source software in |
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general, the Trustees are very pleased to extend an invitation to all |
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interested individuals to apply for foundation membership. All |
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applications will be considered on the basis of merit and the extent of |
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contribution to Gentoo and/or the Open Source ecosystem. Everyone is |
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encouraged to apply. Please join us in making Gentoo better than ever! |
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= Community Foundation Membership Application = |
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Instructions: Please email trustees@g.o with the following |
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information, and please place "Foundation Membership Application" in the |
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subject line of the email. |
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1. Full name |
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2. Nickname** |
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3. Valid email & pgp key fingerprint and key ID for the email you provide. |
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4. Birthday** (MM/DD) |
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5. Provide a verifiable description of the work you have undertaken to |
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further the aims of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. All contributions will |
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be validated, help us to process your application quickly by including |
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how we can validate it. |
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**denotes optional field |
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Best Regards |
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quantumsummers | Gentoo Foundation Secretary |
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