Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Magdalen Berns
Keep it simple. The point is to check whether asking for 2 extra months of involvement to internship is based on solid ground, no only perception or anecdotes, as you claimed it is done. The archives with the decisions are public as well. Sorry for prolonging this thread, but if we are

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Emmanuele Bassi
Hi; On 22 February 2015 at 13:08, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: On the face of it this seems to be purely about reducing paper work for the membership committee (i.e. fewer applications means less work for them). On the face of it, this statement is fairly offensive for the

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Magdalen Berns
On the face of it this seems to be purely about reducing paper work for the membership committee (i.e. fewer applications means less work for them). On the face of it, this statement is fairly offensive for the membership committee. You've read the email that Andrea sent about the

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Alexandre Franke
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Luciana Fujii luci...@fujii.eti.br wrote: - What is the impact of having people joining the Foundation and vanishing later? They gain voting ability when they shouldn't. The board should be elected by people who are involved with the community. Members of the

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Magdalen Berns
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Alexandre Franke alexandre.fra...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Luciana Fujii luci...@fujii.eti.br wrote: - What is the impact of having people joining the Foundation and vanishing later? They gain voting ability when they shouldn't.

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Magdalen Berns
Keep it simple. The point is to check whether asking for 2 extra months of involvement to internship is based on solid ground, no only perception or anecdotes, as you claimed it is done. The archives with the decisions are public as well. Sorry for prolonging this thread, but if we are

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Tobias Mueller
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:33:19AM +0100, Alexandre Franke wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:19 AM, Luciana Fujii luci...@fujii.eti.br wrote: - What is the impact of having people joining the Foundation and vanishing later? They gain voting ability when they shouldn't. The board should be

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Magdalen Berns
The membership can correct me if I'm wrong, but one thing that's not been said so far is that the N months before accepting a member is not really special to interns. Also correct. In that case, what is the period of time is considered acceptable for non-interns to have contributed for

Re: foundation application..

2015-02-22 Thread Magdalen Berns
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Alexandre Franke alexandre.fra...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Magdalen Berns m.be...@thismagpie.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Alexandre Franke alexandre.fra...@gmail.com wrote: The membership can correct me if I'm