Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Pascal Terjan
One thing I thought of would be to change the direction of the process to be an invitation rather than an application. If you see someone helping, instead of pushing him to apply you could fill in the form describing his contributions (and possibly the name of someone else who can support it) and

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Daniel Mustieles García
Hi Sriram, Maybe I could help you with this. How do you think we could do it? 2015-02-11 23:09 GMT+01:00 Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me: On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna s...@ramkrishna.me wrote: On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Alexandre Franke

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Magdalen Berns
I suggest we just make the rules much clearer to people on the outreach pages by clarifying what non-trivial actually means. GSoC/OPW interns are told to make more contributions after their 3 month internship before applying. That suggests that the contributions they make over their 3

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Cosimo Cecchi
Hi Magdalen, On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: The bylaws do not say anything about what might motivate contributors to contribute, nor their level of commitment to GNOME, when it defines a contributor in terms of foundation membership but it does

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Christian Hergert
On 02/12/2015 07:33 PM, Cosimo Cecchi wrote: I think you bring up an interesting point, but I also like the idea that foundation membership is not a badge you earn if you contribute enough, but hints to a deeper involvement with the community inner workings. I argue that a 3-months

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Germán Poo-Caamaño
On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 20:54 -0800, Christian Hergert wrote: On 02/12/2015 07:33 PM, Cosimo Cecchi wrote: I think you bring up an interesting point, but I also like the idea that foundation membership is not a badge you earn if you contribute enough, but hints to a deeper involvement with

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Pascal Terjan
On 12 February 2015 at 13:42, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: One thing I thought of would be to change the direction of the process to be an invitation rather than an application. If you see someone helping, instead of pushing him to apply you could fill in the form describing

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Magdalen Berns
One thing I thought of would be to change the direction of the process to be an invitation rather than an application. If you see someone helping, instead of pushing him to apply you could fill in the form describing his contributions (and possibly the name of someone else who can support

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Magdalen Berns
On 12 February 2015 at 13:42, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: One thing I thought of would be to change the direction of the process to be an invitation rather than an application. If you see someone helping, instead of pushing him to apply you could fill in the form

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Pascal Terjan
On 12 February 2015 at 15:03, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: On 12 February 2015 at 13:42, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: One thing I thought of would be to change the direction of the process to be an invitation rather than an application. If you see someone

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-12 Thread Magdalen Berns
One thing I thought of would be to change the direction of the process to be an invitation rather than an application. If you see someone helping, instead of pushing him to apply you could fill in the form describing his contributions (and possibly the name of someone else who can