[gentoo-project] Gentoo Foundation Inc. NOTICE

[gentoo-project] Gentoo Foundation Inc. NOTICE

[Roy Bamford]

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******* NOTICE ********

Members of the Gentoo community wishing to stand or vote in the Gentoo 
Foundation Inc. 2009 trustee elctions must be Foundation members before 
the close of the Sunday January 11th Trustee meeting.

That means you need to apply now, or even sooner to have your 
application considered at Sundays meeting.   

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Regards,

Roy Bamford
(NeddySeagoon) a member of
gentoo-ops
forum-mods
treecleaners
trustees
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Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Foundation Inc. NOTICE

[Guy Fontaine]

Hi !

The message is clear enough. You ought to be a member of the Gentoo
Community if you attempt to submit your registration as a member of the 
Gentoo Foundation. What is a member of the Gentoo Community ? Is that
someone registered to the official Gentoo Forum ?

Perhaps my question sounds silly. 

-- 
Guy Fontaine <guy.fontaine@videotron.qc.ca>

Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Foundation Inc. NOTICE

[Richard Freeman]

Guy Fontaine wrote:
> The message is clear enough. You ought to be a member of the Gentoo
> Community if you attempt to submit your registration as a member of the 
> Gentoo Foundation. What is a member of the Gentoo Community ? Is that
> someone registered to the official Gentoo Forum ?
> 

I don't officially speak for the Foundation, but the intent is that 
Foundation membership is open to most developers, and to members of the 
community who have generally made some kind of strong and consistent 
contribution (without necessarily being an actual developer).  That 
doesn't necessarily require a forum account, but if you plan on applying 
as a general member of the community you should probably be able to 
explain to a trustee what you have done to contribute to Gentoo.

Foundation members who are not developers are completely new this year, 
so there isn't a lot of precedent.  However, if you're the sort of 
person who has maybe contributed to some kind of gentoo-related project, 
or helped out infrastructure by hosting mirrors, or have done a lot of 
work over the years helping out people on mailing lists, or whatever I 
imagine this is the sort of thing the trustees would be looking for. 
Merely running gentoo probably wouldn't qualify.  However, I don't want 
to discourage anybody from applying if they feel they have something to 
contribute.

Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Foundation Inc. NOTICE

[Roy Bamford]

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On 2009.01.09 01:08, Guy Fontaine wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> The message is clear enough. You ought to be a member of the Gentoo
> Community if you attempt to submit your registration as a member of
> the 
> Gentoo Foundation. What is a member of the Gentoo Community ? Is that
> someone registered to the official Gentoo Forum ?
> 
> Perhaps my question sounds silly. 
> 
> -- 
> Guy Fontaine <guy.fontaine@videotron.qc.ca>
> 
> 
> 

Guy,

The Foundation bylaws http://xrl.us/oo447 state:-
<quote>
Section 4.3. Admission of Members

Full members are admitted by petitioning the trustees for membership, 
providing verifiable evidence of their contribution to Gentoo.

Active Gentoo developers who are not members of the Foundation may 
apply for membership. Any developer applying for membership in the 
Foundation will become a member of the Foundation immediately after the 
next Trustee meeting following the application unless an absolute 
majority of the trustees (currently 3 out of 5) oppose membership for 
the developer at this meeting.

Applicants who are not Gentoo develpers need to cite verifiable 
evidence of contributing to Gentoo or to the stated aims of the Gentoo 
Foundation Inc.

Examples of contributing include but are not limited to, arch testing, 
bugzilla, Gentoo forums, working with existing developers. 
Contribuitions will be verified. The decision of the trustees is final.

Monetary contributions will be discounted - Gentoo Foundation 
membership cannot be bought.
</quote>

The Articles of Incorporation http://xrl.us/bebyw state:-
<quote>
4.  Article III

Purpose

The Corporation is organized and at all times shall be operated, on a 
non-profit basis exclusive far the advancement and education and 
promotion of software development in an open environment. 
</quote>

The critera are left deliberately vague to allow the trustees to decide 
applications on a case by case basis.

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Regards,

Roy Bamford
(NeddySeagoon) a member of
gentoo-ops
forum-mods
treecleaners
trustees
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