not to nit-pick, but I've just re-read the ByLaws, and nothing in there require member of the ESC to be Member of the Foundation.
"The Engineering Steering Committee [ESC] is composed of developers who are appointed: they are not required to be elected, and the ESC can be staffed by as many members as necessary. " here is is 'members' as in member of the ESC, not Member as in Member of TDF. "The ESC is neither an elective body nor an elected committee: it provides technical guidance. It can be placed under administration by the BoD; in this case, the BoD will have the power to appoint a new ESC, in whatever manner it deems appropriate." e.g. the BoD could appoint Linus Thorvald if it wants, regardless of whether or not Linus filled a TDF membership request... or even is eligible. Granted that, since "The Engineering Steering Committee provides technological guidance on strategic matters and, hypothetically, will be composed of the Community's best engineers.", one could argue that ESC member are expected to be eligible (modulo the 3 month waiting period, and the 6 month 'moral' commitment :-) ) to TDF membership, but they don't have to be effectively Member in good standing. iow: the ESC composition could be announced independently of the advancement of the work of the Membership Comity. Norbert -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
