Open Stack

Just a random thought on the criteria for being an individual member ...

On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 22:16 -0400, Mark Collier wrote:

> 
> The definition of "individual members"
[...]
> 
> The wiki:
> 
[...]
> Characteristics of Individual Members:
> 
> Contribute to OpenStack in a variety of ways such as code,
> documentation, translations, bug reports, testing, project
> infrastructure, advocacy, marketing, community management, legal
> guidance
[...]
> and in the by laws [...]
> 
> "2.2 Individual Members.  
> 
> (a) Individual Members must be natural persons. Individual Members may
> be any natural person who has an interest in the purpose of the
> Foundation
[...]

The wiki clearly says that individual members should have contributed to
OpenStack in some form. I like that, and I have no problem with the
definition of "contributed" being extremely inclusive.

However, the bylaws watered that down to "has an interest" and AFAIK
we're taking "applied for membership" as enough to demonstrate an
interest.

Given the 700+ RAX and HP members, was this too inclusive? Would all of
those meet the criteria in the wiki? If not, how can we correct the
process now or in the future?

I like Lauren's idea of making people fill in a "why you're interested
in OpenStack" blurb and publishing it. I also like the approach of
having an open membership committee[1] with clear guidelines.

Cheers,
Mark.

[1] - e.g. https://live.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/