* Rajko M.
On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Jim Henderson
wrote: I disagree. Nelson's suggesting that "Member" be a superset of "Contributor" which is a reasonable compromise.
Currently members are subset of contributors, but when we are about naming I see this as names that we can consider:
Voting member - active members that have stake in a project, in other words continuous contributions. Benefits: Listed as a voting member on a public web page. Voting right for <description>. <more> Enter: Nomination approved and accepted by person, or application approval. Process: Nominated or applied for. Conditions: Must be a member. End: Can expire or resign.
Member - any regular contributor without regard to size of contributions. Benefits: Listed as a member on a public web page. <more> Enter: Nomination approved and accepted, or application approval. Conditions: Nomination or applied for. Regular contributions. End: Can expire or resign.
Contributor - anyone with even a single contribution. Benefits: Listed as a contributor on a public web page. <more> Enter: Nomination approved and accepted, or application approval. Conditions: Nominated or applied for. End: No expiration. Can ask for removal from the list.
Emeritus member - inactive member or voting member with past contributions Benefits: Listed as a emeritus member on a public web page. Easy come back. Enter: Per Robert's proposal. Conditions: Detected and confirmed as inactive. Ends: No expiration. Can ask for removal from the list.
Honorable member - exceptional title for people that are not or will not actively participate in the project, but project owes them a lot. Benefits: Listed as a honorable member on a public web page. Enter: Nomination approved and accepted. Conditions: Nominated. End: No expiration. Can ask for removal from the list.
Supporter - support, for instance in media outlets. Benefits: Listed as a suporter on a public web page. Enter: Nomination approved and accepted. Conditions: Nominated. End: No expiration. Can ask for removal from the list.
User - anyone that claims to use openSUSE and wants to be listed on a public web page under real name.
All above: Complicated - yes and no. It is just as detailed as has to be to cover this topic for some time.
Necessary - yes, as it gives people public recognition that can be used as reference when needed. To us as a project it will help to gain more contributions as about everyone will know that we don't forget.
What are preconditions to have all that? Robert's feature request https://features.opensuse.org/313229 . Process to collect information, and actual tools to automate process. Some parts can be applied right now.
Would that take time from other projects? Maybe, but as in a desktop discussion, people that will devote time to this are most likely not those that will otherwise do something else.
Much, much simpler: Members: Active in some fashion, enough to have been accepted as members Voting not a condition or necessity Politics not a condition or necessity Activity *is* a condition Inactive-Member: Previously accepted but unreachable to ascertain status. Non voting, cannot advise voting eminent anyway. email addresses continue ...... Member/Inactive-Member status to be determined by what-ever proposal is ultimately accepted. case closed. -- (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