On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 08:16:18PM +0000, Martin Meredith wrote: > Sponsors etc I mean people who make a significant contribution to the project > via sponsorship. Say for example, someone who donates a machine, bandwidth etc. Not > someone who dumps a couple of $ across via paypal now and then. And they can *apply* to become a member and don't become one automatically, right? > Again, with someone who is a Debian Maintainer, I'd assume their Membership to > be implied from this. If you got accepted as a Maintainer/Developer, then you'd > have membership to the project. Ah, okay, thanks for clarification. > I'm basically suggesting that, along with the current process(es) we also have a > process where someone can become a member without any upload rights. I'm also > suggesting that current Maintainers/DDs should have this membership implied from > the DM/DD status (which DDs already do) That would probably lead to a lot more members and it seems to be a fair idea. I still don't know if fully agree with the consequences in mind but then I don't have voting rights now, so it's up to you. :) Thanks for making it more clear! Hauke
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