On Sun, 2010-07-04 at 21:47 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
On Sunday 04 July 2010 15:59:46 DenverD wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Mmm... I'm openSUSE Potato Carlos... Does it sound right? :-? :-p
as an 'outsider' who has had many real titles in a long and exciting life with no connection to a self-selected group, i need to say:
this discussion is rather humorous..
now, i want all the folks who have never had a title and really want one to stand on one side, and all the others come over here with me and then _we_ let the i-wish-i-had-a-Core-Distinctive-SuperDuper-title hash out what they wanna call each other, so they know the correct pecking order!!
and, then they can discuss how many angels can dance on the head of a pin..
Evil Potato DenverD aks: non-member/talker
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?
Andreas
Both definitions mentioned by AJ represent a "pat on the back" for your great contributions in our current setup. But, there's an additional definition that *could* be a benefit in the future. I'm thinking about the other project I work with, GNOME-A11y. In that group, we have many paid contributors. These people are paid by their employers to do some magic with a11y because their employer feels that a11y is important to whatever the company mission is. Now, we don't really have that many paid contributors (not counting Novell here) in the openSUSE Project. Conceivably, this is something we should aim to grow in the future. In this case, a membership has added significance because it gives that contributor a way to say to his/her employer "Hey, I've been working on openSUSE just like you told me to, and openSUSE appreciates my work by giving me contributor status." It can also help for those who aren't exactly paid to work with openSUSE, but do work somehow with Linux in their company and they can show their boss or prospective employer (if applying for a new job), I do work in Linux and openSUSE believes in my work enough to consider me an important contributor with this title. (Thus they have something that is "resume-able" for lack of a better word.) So we shouldn't be thinking about the significance of the title only how it applies today, but also in how it can apply in the future as we continue to grow our contributor base. Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Board Member -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org