RE: [gentoo-nfp] RE: [gentoo-council] Foundation by laws: new Article V

["Chrissy Fullam" <musikc@gentoo.org>]

> > ... I may not agree to it and I
> > can accept that, but it is entirely within my right to ask for
> > clarification.
> [snip]
> 
> Chrissy,
> 
> You bring up an interesting point about 'rights' which since its likely
> to set a precedent I would like to respond to.
> 
> The council is answerable to the entire developer community. The
> Foundation is answerable to its members. The two groups are not the
> same. You are a member of the former but not the latter, therefore
> have no rights with respect to the foundation.

It is true that the memberships are not identical but the overlapping is
intense to say the least. I became an official developer in April 2007, some
17 months ago. The only reason I am not a member of the foundation is
because foundation elections were postponed 6 months, otherwise I'd be a
member currently. I'd like to apply to become a member of the foundation but
cannot find how this is done.

From talking to others that predate the foundation and were around for the
implementation, the original intent was that any developer of greater than
one year could apply to become a foundation member, but to simplify the
process for all it was automatically granted at election time if they had
not previously applied. Evidently the process was not documented and I'd
like to pursue it.


Kind regards,
Christina Fullam
Gentoo Developer Relations Lead | Gentoo Public Relations