The why of this email proposal isn't clear to me and I'd like to think through how it supports the million Mozillians goal. There seems to be two different thoughts:
* Is it to recognize an active and/or trusted group of people for their contribution? (The badge of honor model) * Is it something to give out more generously so we reach new people who believe in what we're doing but haven't gotten deeply involved yet? (Ascher's university email addresses that lead to donations model) Those same options are showing up in the discussions about 'What does Mozillian mean?'. Is that name for a small group that meet certain criteria or is it for a larger group that self-identifies with our mission? If we think the word 'Mozillians' should be applied broadly because we need to be inclusive to grow bigger and this helps bring future contributors to us, that seems relevant to this email discussion. If we think 'Mozillians' should be applied to the active and core group of people that believe in the mission, take action today to advance it and interact with other community members, that seems relevant too. I would encourage everyone on this thread to help answer the 'What does Mozillian mean?' question and then revisit how the answer informs this. To help with that, here are three recent blog posts to read and comment on: http://blog.gerv.net/2013/10/what-does-mozillian-mean/ http://hoosteeno.com/2013/10/22/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-mozillian/ http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/what-does-mozillian-mean/ Having clearer definitions will also help us implement this regardless of where the line is drawn. As someone said earlier, we don't have a reliable way to determine who active contributors are right now and that's largely to do with having an unclear definition. Thanks, David _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
