On 4/28/05, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 20:20 +0800, Holden Hao wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 10:04, Tito Mari Francis Esca�o wrote: > > > If to be a member, one must have endorsement from two (2) members in > > > good standing, how about individuals who are new in the community? > > > Possibly we haven't even met. > > > > I could not find the 2-member endorsement section in the draft. Has it > > been changed? > > > > Or is this a suggestion? > > Like what the name mentions - it's a draft - we have just concluded > earlier during the PLUG Board meeting the remaining provisions that > would be added to the membership guidelines. > > The requirement of having two members that would endorse applicants will > still be there, as it's one way of building out a "circle of trust". > Since I've already met Holden Hao personally, I could vouch for him to > become a PLUG member. I'm sure there could be other people from PLUG who > have also met him. From thereon Holden can start forming the "circle of > trust" from his locality. That way we could ensure that there would > always be at least two members in the chain that would know a particular > member or applicant. >
again my question of why should the 'circle of trust' be limited to physical acquaintances? assuming that i can endorse, i would not think twice about endorsing holden even though i have not met him physically. i dont even know how he looks like in person. why would i endorse him, its because i know he is doing something for the adoption of FLOSS here in the country and he gives valuable time support for the linux newbies within and outside of the PLUG mailing lists. the last one alone is enough for me to qualify anybody for PLUG membership. physical meetings are fine but i would rather have a trust that was developed in time rather than one that came from chatting once while on an event. again all i have stated above are my just my views and opinions. :) ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
