On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:26:17 +0000 (UTC) Jim Henderson <hendersj@gmail.com> 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. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org