Open Stack

I like Lauren's idea as well. I think we can act on it pretty quickly as well. 

On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:46 AM, Mark McLoughlin <markmc at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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/
>