On 26/08/2008, at 8:56 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > On Aug 25, 2008, at 01:22, Glynn Foster wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> I just wrote a first pass at this - >> >> http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OGB_2008/010_membership >> >> Comments welcome. > > I think we need to expand on the "membership committee" bit. I think > it too is a Board Committee, that is has absolute authority to act > in the interests of the community, but that it rarely intervenes and > when it does acts to veto rather than to approve (i.e. most > applications are essentially automatic). To achieve this, I think we > need the application process to include validation by the referees. > I'd suggest that a minimum of two be named and that the application > be held in a "waiting" state until both have verified agreement with > the application online. > > If we are in a position to have the web app written to implement the > process, I suggest the flow be: > 1. Go to http://membership.opensolaris.org/ > 2. Apply for membership with the following information > 1. Full Name > 2. OpenSolaris user id > 3. List the OpenSolaris entity(s) in which you contribute > 4. For each entity, identify the Solaris user ID of the > Leader who can verify your claim. > 5. Those Leaders will be asked to verify your claim online. > 6. If you cannot identify a suitable Leader, select "apply > manually" and your application will be referred to the Membership > Committee. [We could have a fallback process of referring to two > existing Members] > 3. Wait. As and when your application gets processed > (automatically or by the membership committee) you will be notified
Seems like a good idea to me - you want to make the edits? Glynn
