Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread sophie
Hi Simos, On 04/05/2011 20:38, Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Hi, Le Wed, 04 May 2011 15:20:10 +0200, Florian Effenberger a écrit : Hi Italo, Italo Vignoli wrote on 2011-05-04 14.21: I think that we should definitely have something in pl

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > Hi, > > > Le Wed, 04 May 2011 15:20:10 +0200, > Florian Effenberger a écrit : > >> Hi Italo, >> >> Italo Vignoli wrote on 2011-05-04 14.21: >> > I think that we should definitely have something in place soon, and >> > I personally like th

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hi, Le Wed, 04 May 2011 15:20:10 +0200, Florian Effenberger a écrit : > Hi Italo, > > Italo Vignoli wrote on 2011-05-04 14.21: > > I think that we should definitely have something in place soon, and > > I personally like the term "fellow" which is already used > > frequently in the technology

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Italo, Italo Vignoli wrote on 2011-05-04 14.21: I think that we should definitely have something in place soon, and I personally like the term "fellow" which is already used frequently in the technology environment. the FSFE uses it a lot, and to me, it has a positive connotation. Independ

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 5/4/11 2:00 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: Such a programm that could be called "supporters" instead of "members", or maybe "fellows" or something like that, is good, as it shows broad support of our ideas and helps spreading the word. I think that we should definitely have something in pla

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Simon, Simon Phipps wrote on 2011-05-04 13.35: As we've been considering the revision of the governance over at OSI, it's been clear we need to offer a "membership" option to the many people who associate themselves with Open Source without complicating OSI's official governance by having h

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread sophie
Hi Simon, On 04/05/2011 14:35, Simon Phipps wrote: On 4 May 2011, at 11:50, Florian Effenberger wrote: If we were to accept the application of everyone posting a few messages to the list, then on the one hand we would have a large membership base, which is good. On the other hand, it might ge

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Simon Phipps
On 4 May 2011, at 11:50, Florian Effenberger wrote: > If we were to accept the application of everyone posting a few messages to > the list, then on the one hand we would have a large membership base, which > is good. On the other hand, it might get problematic justifying that. So, > what we a

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Jaime, Jaime R. Garza wrote on 2011-05-04 11.16: Yes, the truth is that I have only being part of the MAIL-LISTS and my contributions for now have been nothing more that ideas, comments and suggestions. So, as Sophie said, that's difficult to quantify and qualify. If someone in the Mail list

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Jaime R. Garza
Hello all, Yes, the truth is that I have only being part of the MAIL-LISTS and my contributions for now have been nothing more that ideas, comments and suggestions. So, as Sophie said, that's difficult to quantify and qualify. If someone in the Mail lists thinks I have contributed something that

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread sophie
Hi Jaime, On 04/05/2011 11:53, Jaime R. Garza wrote: Hi all, my application was rejected, apparently I haven't made non-trivial contributions to the TDF. :-( And you said it yourself in your application ;) Please, feel encouraged to go on with your contributions through this rejection, and don

RE: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Pieter E. Zanstra
That is the game in a meritocracy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy) > -Original Message- > From: Jaime R. Garza [mailto:gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 10:53 AM > To: discuss@documentfoundation.org > Subject: [tdf-discuss] My applicati

Re: [tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Jaime, *, On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Jaime R. Garza wrote: > > my application was rejected, apparently I haven't made non-trivial > contributions to the TDF. :-( ...or you failed to list them/did not provide people who can support/verify the claims you have made in the application, or w

[tdf-discuss] My application was rejected, ;-(

2011-05-04 Thread Jaime R. Garza
Hi all, my application was rejected, apparently I haven't made non-trivial contributions to the TDF. :-( -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentf