(Re-sending this e-mail because I wrongly addressed the first) Op 30-11-17 om 16:26 schreef Gergely Székely: > I think it was not a good idea at all to change the "Join the ..." to > "Become a supporter". > > My point is that "being a member" of something (even if just an > associate one) suggests a much stronger bound than being just a > "supporter". So I think using phrases as "Join the FSFE", "become a(n > associate) member" etc is way more compelling for most of the people.
I agree partially. There is a small problem, however: Previously, it was unclear that one could "join" the FSFE without making financial contributions. Upon clicking the "join" button, you were prompted to make a donation, and this was the only way into the fellowship. And upon joining the FSFE (i.e., becoming a fellow), you would not have equal status to all other FSFE members. Staffers and members of the GA would have a say in the FSFE's goings-on, whereas fellows didn't, not really. Thus "joining" the FSFE was kind of false advertising. Thus the logical solutions were twofold: 1. Allow people to become fellows without making financial contributions, and grant fellows voting rights. 2. Change the wording to better reflect reality. Understandably, option 1 isn't very appealing. However, I would be in _full_ support of reinstating the usage of "fellow" for volunteers who contribute time and effort. But then, maybe "volunteer" also cuts it? > I really miss this inviting spirit from fsfe.org. > (Also, why is no similar banner on fsfe.org in the last two months of > every year?) If you can contribute such a banner, we would be extremely happy to add it. Unfortunately it's outside of my abilities. I'm not a web developer. > I think recruiting members and encouraging people to donate is > important. So it worth making extra efforts to doing it right. I agree Yours sincerely, -- Carmen Bianca Bakker Technical Intern Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
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