Do members pay?
Do members pay?
Posted Apr 14, 2014 14:53 UTC (Mon) by tseaver (guest, #1544)In reply to: Do members pay? by coriordan
Parent article: Python Software Foundation opens membership to the entire Python community
"Basic" membership is open, without payment. "Basic" members don't
vote in PSF elections.
vote in PSF elections.
"Supporting" memberships require payment.
"Managing" and "contributing" memberships require a time committment
(5 hours per month).
People can move between these classes annually, by self-reporting.
All members eligible to vote must explicitly declare that they intend
to vote in a given year; missing four elections removes voting
privileges until the subsequent year.
"Fellowships" are like lifetime "managing" or "contributing" memberships,
elected by the members. The 245 "nominated" embers (elected under the pre-2014 by-laws) are fellows by default (they could choose otherwise).
Fellows must still do the annual declaration of intent to vote.