Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (479 mails)

[Satoru Matsumoto <helios_reds@xxxxxxx>]

jdd wrote:
> I would like to be positive on this subject, not to have such a
> situation again.
>
> present structure of the openSUSE community is:
>
> * board
> * members
> * ambassadors
> * community active people
>
> in the mid way, there are "teams" or "sub-groups" (for example the
> membership select group).
>
> Don't you think we could enhance the system, giving the members some
> more importantce. After all there are less than 500 members, a
> manageable group.
>
> We could, for example, open retro to all the members and make the
> number of +1 necessary to become a member grow to 10?
>
> and on the hot subject, could we have a *private* opensuse-members
> list? private, that is with closed posting and archives only available
> for members.
>
> If such a list have existed, we could have discussed the present case
> completely, without the risk for anybody to have the net unvail the
> names and the facts. The board could have explained all the situation.
>
> I would feel rather more comfortable

@Everyone who stated +1 for this proposal

I ask you to read throughout this thread carefully once again.
"Why many people don't support Guiding Principles ?"
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2009-05/msg00137.html

In addition, please read this blog.
"Are you building a community or a club?"
http://opensource.com/business/10/9/are-you-building-a-community-or-a-club

I'm wondering if giving additional perquisites to Members would really
help our comminity. That may build a wall between Members and Non-Members.

And we have to remember, being a Member doesn't offer assurances that
the person IS responsible. If someone is a Member, that just means (s)he
is a person who ONCE 'brought a continued and substantial contribution
to the openSUSE project', because we don't have any the structure for
verifying whether a Member IS STILL contributing or not.

I think those who are given a certain amount of right should assume a
certain amount of obligation as well. At least, we have to review and
revise our current membership system before creating a new closed
Member-Only mailing list.


By the way, don't you think "Group discussion" feature in connect.o.o
can be used for such a purpose?

Best,

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