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 application was rejected, ;-( Hi

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

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 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

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 are

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

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

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 place

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 flo...@documentfoundation.org 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

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 charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hi, Le Wed, 04 May 2011 15:20:10 +0200, Florian Effenbergerflo...@documentfoundation.org a écrit : Hi Italo, Italo Vignoli wrote on