[OpenStack Foundation] Nomination Process Updates

Matt Joyce matt at nycresistor.com
Thu Aug 2 18:21:09 UTC 2012


I like laurens idea as well.  Making folks jump through a few hoops to
demonstrate their loyalty to the party will cut back on the
astroturfing comrades.

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Mark Collier <mark at openstack.org> wrote:
> 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/
>>
>
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