Hi Dave, On Thu, July 21, 2005 17:51, Dave Neary said: > 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. > > 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? > > Why is it that people who identify as GNOME contributors aren't in the > foundation?
This would be a good idea. But I'd first like to know why a lot of GNOME Foundation members do not vote during the elections/referenda. I asked the questions in January 2004 [1], but I did not get a lot of answers (3 or 4, iirc). What do people expect from being member of the Foundation? Sometimes, I have the feeling that's "I can have a @gnome.org address". And nothing else. Why? How can we change it? (or am I the only one who thinks we should try to change this?) Vincent [1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2004-January/msg00002.html -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
