>From Kerry: > *COMMENT: If anyone can nominate new members - can you self-nominate? In > which case isn't this an application for membership? Is the intention that > the nominator is already a member, because this is not specified.* > > *It does seem odd that anybody in the whole world can nominate another > person for membership.* >
Thanks Kerry. This was intentionally introduced on 27 Sep when we attempted to resolve some disagreement by consolidating two membership tiers into a single tier. Since one key idea is to keep a low barrier to entry, while still maintaining some control over the membership process, this was changed from "*any member may nominate...*" to "*anybody can nominate...*" so that we're avoiding an "inner circle" situation. I don't think it's especially odd that anybody in the whole world can nominate (including self-nomination). If someone meets our eligibility criteria, and wishes to become a member, then we should welcome them as members regardless of who they know.
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