On 25/04/17 19:32, Jonas Oberg wrote: > Hi Daniel, > >> If there were new words to consider, could the discussion be re-opened? > > I would be hesitant about having a new discussion, at least one which > we would need to spend staff time on. If there would be a more complete > proposal made for a new direction, then this would of course be easier > to base a new discussion or vote on. >
I wonder if FSFE could get a summer intern to look at this specific question, look at the models used by other non-profit organizations, survey volunteers and donors and prepare a shortlist of options? >> I understand there is also a related topic of the legal status of a >> "member" and the question of what to call Fellows/Supporters is related >> to whether they are members or not. > > Fellows/Supporters are not members. Members are those who have applied to > be so and there's information about who should become a member and how to > do so on our Wiki: > > https://wiki.fsfe.org/Teams/GA Understood, that is why I put the word member in the double quotes, I realize it would cause confusion if the word "Fellow" and "member" were used interchangeably in the current structure. > > There was a brief discussion about whether Fellows/Supporters should be > members, but I believe the rough consensus was to consider Fellows/ > Supporters as those financially supporting the organisation, and have > "Member" of various kinds for people who are part of the work: member > of the organisation, member of the coordinators team, member of the > French team, and so on. > How soon did you want to implement the change from Fellow to Supporter? Could this be deferred for another 3 months, for example, to let more Fellows give feedback? Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion