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[Jim Henderson <hendersj@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:14:21 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

> On Monday 2010-06-21 20:07, Jim Henderson wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:34:52 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >
> > > Plus: If every contributor was a member, what's the point of making
> > > "members" a separate class.
> >
> > That depends largely on how one defines a "contributor".
> >
> > I don't contribute code, but I do contribute knowledge and system
> > management/moderation on the forums.
> >
> > Historically, I think "contributor" has had a connotation of
> > "developer", but our membership is made up of more than just coders.
>
>
> The intended contributor: coders, documenters, designers, that sort of
> contributors -- literally *creators*. That exempts forum talkers, unless
> they can match to the creativity requirement.

That does remove a fairly substantial part of the community, then - which 
is why "member" is an additional distinction, as someone else said 
(Patrick, I think), a member is an "interested party", which is broader 
than "contributor" (though I would hope it's inclusive of the 
contributors).

Jim



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