On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 17:51 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know who the best people to talk to about this are, but it would > be great to have a membership drive for the foundation in September or > October.
Yes indeed! > > Membership of the foundation has been stagnant, and I know that lots of > people who are elligible have never asked to join (GIMP developers come > to mind). What can be done (and by whom) to make membership more attractive? > > Can we move away from the "can I be in your club" model to the "come > join us" model, where existing members can invite people to join, rather > than the person needing to ask? You can have a look at the way Mandriva communicates (and the way they started it) with their community regarding this (I am thinking of their 'club'). > > Why is it that people who identify as GNOME contributors aren't in the > foundation? I guess that it is seen as different things. Foundation stuff look like political matters. Many hackers are not aware nor interested by this. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
