On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jordan > > Jordan Mantha wrote: >> During our last meeting we discussed the state of the Edubuntu Members >> Launchpad team [0], particularly the fact that we have about three >> times as many "proposed" members as current members. The vast majority >> of the proposed members are completely unknown to the Edubuntu team. >> People seem to hit the "join" button for many different reasons. >> Some people like to join every team with "ubuntu" in the name. Some >> people want to express their support for Edubuntu. Some people want to >> become contributors to Edubuntu. In all those cases joining the >> Edubuntu Members team is not the right path. >> >> The Edubuntu Members team is a special team that recognizes >> significant and sustained contribution to the Edubuntu project by >> granting all the rights and privileges of an Ubuntu Member [1]. >> Indeed, the Edubuntu Council has been delegated the authority to >> accept people into this team by the Ubuntu Community Council [2]. >> >> We decided in our last meeting to purge the current list of "proposed" >> Edubuntu Members on Launchpad so that we have a better idea of who is >> actually requesting membership review by the Edubuntu Council. This >> cleaning of the slate will allow us to hopefully start processing more >> applications and grow the Edubuntu Members team. This will especially >> be important as we look to elect three new Edubuntu Council members in >> the near future as nominees to the Council are approved by a vote of >> the Edubuntu Members. >> >> So, if you get a rejection email from Launchpad and you want to become >> an Edubuntu Member, don't worry. We will be giving out better >> instructions ([1] is a good place to look for Ubuntu's version) on how >> to get your application reviewed. We will also be setting up hopefully >> in the near future a Launchpad team for all you who want to show your >> support by becoming a "fan" of Edubuntu. We'll let everybody know when >> that's in place. >> >> Thanks for making Edubuntu a great project to work in and have a nice day! >> >> -Jordan > > We haven't actually acted out on this yet, is there any objections in > doing so? If there aren't we'll clean out the -proposed list on Friday > sending a link to the proposed applicants on how to apply.
Go for it! I think the sooner the Launchpad teams are all cleaned up, the descriptions reviewed, and ownership resolved the better. Having a structure that encourages contribution and "advancement" is helpful and having a structure that doesn't have so many point failures will be key to long-term maintenance. -Jordan -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
