On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:50:31 -0500, Robert Schweikert wrote:
I'm generally fine with that. Just want to see it clarified that contribution is definitely not going to be part of renewal criteria.
It is all about contribution, that's in the end why we have a contribution criteria to become a member in the first place.
I'm kinda wondering if maybe the two being intermingled like this isn't problematic on some level. Contributions should be recognized, certainly. But a recognized contributor perhaps is not something that one should be responsible for approaching a membership board saying "See what I've done?" but rather a third party nomination of some sort. Being involved in project governance, though, is (perhaps) a different story, because that's something that people might elect to do. Indeed, volunteering to be involved in project governance in and of itself *might* be seen as a contribution in its own merit. Perhaps what we should be looking at is the various roles in the project and how they relate to the project as a whole. If we do that, then the discussion of project governance becomes just about another role in the project; how one gets involved in project governance then becomes a discussion more along the lines of how one would have patches accepted into the codebase rather than a "contribution merit" discussion (which seems to derail the discussion). Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org