[IAEP] membership definitions

[Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos]

Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote:
> Yes... but why build a complicated membership management structure to do 
> that?
>
> There's a reason I'm asking.  Keeping track of who is and isn't a "member" 
> can turn out to be surprisingly acrimonious and political, and will take 
> more overhead to properly manage.
>
> IMHO, there's little reason not to extend some privileges to basically 
> whomever asks.  Email address?  Sure.  Logo usage, within clearly 
> circumscribed guidelines?  Sure!  

Your suggestion resonates well with me. What is the model that existing 
organization follow, such as Fedora, Debian, etc.?

> Voting for the board?  Sure!
>   

I'm not really sure about this. Maybe you need to be involved in the 
project for some time until you get a vote. Say, you can have a voting 
right <some arbitrary number of months> after your application -during 
which time you will have all the above that you mentioned-.

> I'm nervous about creating complexity without a compelling need. 
> Membership in Fedora means you've signed the contributor's licensing 
> agreement.  That's it.  Trivial to measure, trivial to maintain, 
> inclusive.  If you want to reward "better" contributors, pay their airfare 
> to hackfests.
>   

Ooops... there's my answer... :)


Pol