* Nelson Marques
My suggestion (distinction between voting member and member):
Would it be possible that:
* A contributor is a contributor, someone who places effort and time on openSUSE (validated by whoever has such powers); * Member - upgrade to contributor status, in other words, a political contributor
"Contributor vs Member" is less confusing than "Member (non-voting) vs Member (voting)". To make this simple... Contributors care about the technological advance of openSUSE and keeping it alive without any interest on governance and politics/religion, while "Members" are the political comissars who do the politics and the religion thing.
But you have drawn an incorrect comparison above. You have not allowed for that "member" who "places effort and time on openSUSE", nor that "contributor" who is interested in steering and voting. And "politics and the religion thing" comment is presented here in a degrading manor. It should not be described as such nor held in that light, ie: something personal that you should keep at home. I vote, test factory and contribute to solving problems on the mailing lists. Does that make me a *contributor* or a step-child *member*? -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org