Andreas Jaeger wrote:
DenverD, for some it's about the title - but for other it's about what's behind a title. As I said elsewhere: As a member you can get a lizards blog account, an IRC cloak, an @opensuse.org email address and vote for the board. How should we handle this in the best way?
imo, adopting expanded/hierachical titles is a slippery slope which is best avoided in favor of simplicity to foster a group evironment in which _all_ feel included, needed and wanted... on the other hand, if the membership *must* have an array of titles they must be both descriptive and hierarchical, like: openSUSE Hacker Leader Amazing openSUSE Hacker Dependable openSUSE Hacker openSUSE Hacker Neophyte etc (or Leading oS Hacker, or oS TopDog Hacker, etc) Supreme openSUSE Packager Reliable openSUSE Packager openSUSE Cerf Packager openSUSE Contributor-packaging etc [or more 'creative' within specialties, like artist:] oS Old Master oS Sustaining EyeCatcher oS Contributor-colorCarrier [ok, you can replace Hacker with Programmer...but not with 'developer' unless you forever prohibit (say) the openSUSE EyeCatchers from *developing* a theme for the next release, or writers from *developing* documentation... ie developing != programming] secondly, if there *must* be an array of levels/titles then there must be an array of benefits...with each higher level being awarded more and more valuable benefits...perhaps the lowest level doesn't include an @opensuse.org mail box....maybe the highest always includes some amount of travel expense assistance, etc.. to close: if i had a vote i would *not* build a hierarchy of pecking order titles to keep the new folks 'in their place', instead i would develop a single recognizable _brand_ that all could wear proudly.. what i mean is there are Wiki (and Other) Team Members, but i can't see if they have done enough work to be able to vote for the board, or not...so, what i mean is have ONE term, easily recognizable and transportable that is applied to all accepted "members".. maybe it is openSUSE Project Member or maybe it is openSUSE Lizard, or openSUSE Potato...whatever it is, the term must be used correctly in the wiki, in posts, and everywhere (that is, don't write "i am a voting member", "he is a project member" etc...always the same, always openSUSE Potato.. lets say the voters settle on "openSUSE Lizard", then it might be ok after some time to allow "oSL Andreas" or "Andreas Jaeger, oSL"... by the way, what is wrong with Potato? ;-) DenverD -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org