On 20/11/12 05:50, Mitchell Baker wrote:
I've found there are two different ideas that I may have confused. So, theres a Revised Proposal below! One idea is a way of identifying someone who was a module owner / community leader but no longer is. That's a factual matter. The other idea is a way of honoring a subset of people who have made extraordinary contributions. The "emeritus" title seems to suggest this to a number of people. And the Eclipse project uses "ereritus" for this latter category and "former committers" for the first category.
If I like the concept, I don't really like the word "emeritus". Sounds a bit too academic to me and because of that a bit too distant from our "culture". We already have a concept that we use in my opinion too lightly : "Friend of the Tree"... I really _like_ that name and I think it's almost perfectly representing what you outlined in your message. You could derive that into "Friend of the Tree", "Best Friend of the Tree", etc. Because of the wording, it can easily be represented through icons, and many trees make a forest, and and and :-) Just my personal opinion here. </Daniel> _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
