[ogb-discuss] Membership process proposal

[Nicholas Solter]

Glynn Foster wrote:
> 
> On 26/08/2008, at 11:14 AM, Nicholas Solter wrote:
>> The process on the wiki says, referring to the vouching process "If they
>> do so, your Member status will be granted automatically." But you seem
>> to be saying that the membership committee would actually have the
>> authority to deny the nomination? I'm not sure I like where this is
>> going. Putting suffrage in the hands of a committee selected by the
>> currently elected government seems like a bad idea. That would be like
>> someone in the US needing to ask the current occupant of the white house
>> for permission to vote in the next presidential election.
> 
> GNOME has had a membership committee for several years, and it's worked 
> out ok. There have been a few instances where people have unfairly been 
> denied, but then the GNOME Foundation board has stepped in and quickly 
> resolved it. No real harm to either side, and everyone learns something 
> new.
> 

Thanks, Glynn. I feel more comfortable doing something like this knowing 
that GNOME has implemented it successfully.

Thanks,
Nick