On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 01:37 +0200, Pascal Bleser wrote:
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Bryen wrote:
On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 11:09 +1300, Graham Lauder wrote:
Most of the above stuff I do on a regular basis and have become the sort of defacto local OpenSuSE guy, however I would not be eligible to become an OpenSuSE member because I don't contribute code and I'm not greatly active on the website or wiki. However I'm bloody good at standing up and addressing people, doing presentations, running seminars and training courses and doing Demos. For instance I had a 4 station, OpenSuSE LTSP rig setup at the last Software Freedom Day and had an OS 11 Boxed set (demoed an install next to an Ubuntu install and showed it up in terms of ease! Looked cooler too :D)
Don't let that stop you. If you're out there evangelizing openSUSE in your presentations often enough, with the obvious intention of promoting openSUSE, then you should definitely apply for membership.
... or not. The problem is that we need *verifiable* contributions.
While what Graham is doing is definitely valuable to the community, and I'd like to thank Graham for doing so, it is not verifiable in any way.
You'd be surprised how many membership requests turned out to be lies and damned lies.
We're aware of the fact that it is potentially unfair, but... "patches are welcome". I'm (or rather, the upcoming board members will be) all open for suggestions on how to handle such cases. But unless it can be fixed, we should stick to activities that can be verified.
You may of course file a membership request anyway :)
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cheers - -- I agree, which is why I said "apply" rather than "Oh you're definitely qualified for membership."
As the Board has stated recently, and you've reiterated now, there needs to be verifiability of claims. If an applicant feels they have contributed though not highly visible within our central areas (IRC, Wiki, mailing lists, patching, etc.) then they need to provide documentation of some sort of their "out-in-the-field" activities. Just claiming to have done such and such isn't enough. I agree. Bryen Yunashko Proud 2008 Candidate for openSUSE Board -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org