2012/2/16 Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org>:
* Nelson Marques <nmo.marques@gmail.com> [02-16-12 13:03]:
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
Dear Sir, As I said previously, a 'member' should be a 'contributor' upgrade kinda of thing, this to say: contributors are recognized by their active contributions on the project, and if they want to go political, they can/should upgrade to full member. I have my time to give to explore things, package stuff and enjoy my time with the people I like, but I don't want to be 'forced' to vote, neither I want to do "political" stuff. I'm happy with the label 'community contributor', and I've recently resigned by 'membership' because no one in this world is going to force me to vote, and my stance is pretty clear, as always has been.... I'd rather live one more day as a wolf, than an entire life as a lamb.
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.
You are free to take whatever conclusion you want, I respect it, though I don't entirely agree with it.
I vote, test factory and contribute to solving problems on the mailing lists. Does that make me a *contributor* or a step-child *member*?
"I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it." // Machiavelli
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