Re: Foundation membership and who can join

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's why I made my own proposal.
>
> class supporter

If you change supporter to always be a foundation member (ie make
membership activation/removal simultaneous with instantiation) it
could work.  However, I still question the need for a 3rd tier.  Who
would you want to give a vote to, but not some kind of active role in
the community (@g.o address, some kind of access, etc)?

Perhaps I'm channeling my inner Heinlein here, but if you want to have
an official say in how things go, then you should get your hands
dirty.  If your hands really are dirty, then you should be recognized
as such.  The bar need not be set exactly where it is today, but there
should be some kind of minimum activity level if somebody wants to be
a member.  It shouldn't just be people who "like Gentoo."  Gentoo has
to work first and foremost for those who are active contributors,
since those are the people we most need to keep happy.  If people want
to have more of a say and become active contributors to have that say,
then so much the better.  Also, if you want somebody to have a role in
defining just how the operation works, then they need to demonstrate
that they're going to be an informed voter/etc.  You can't run a
volunteer-based organization on wishful thinking.

And of course anybody can post an opinion and try to influence others.
However, if you want to actually have a vote that counts, then you
need to have some kind of skin in the game.

-- 
Rich