On 21/01/11 17:55, Satoru Matsumoto wrote:
@Everyone who stated +1 for this proposal I ask you to read throughout this thread carefully once again. "Why many people don't support Guiding Principles ?" http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2009-05/msg00137.html
In addition, please read this blog. "Are you building a community or a club?" http://opensource.com/business/10/9/are-you-building-a-community-or-a-club
I'm wondering if giving additional perquisites to Members would really help our comminity. That may build a wall between Members and Non-Members.
And we have to remember, being a Member doesn't offer assurances that the person IS responsible. If someone is a Member, that just means (s)he is a person who ONCE 'brought a continued and substantial contribution to the openSUSE project', because we don't have any the structure for verifying whether a Member IS STILL contributing or not.
I think those who are given a certain amount of right should assume a certain amount of obligation as well. At least, we have to review and revise our current membership system before creating a new closed Member-Only mailing list.
I have to agree with these points very strongly. If you start giving additional functions to members that splits the community. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, some people have to take more responsibility than others, but it is something to think about - is it really necessary? And if members are going to be expected to discuss issues privately, the current membership criteria is not going to work - there are plenty of people who have left/lost interest in the project who are still members - they would be potential leak paths. Regards, Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org