No, because contributors aren't proposing anything as far as the ASF is concerned. They're just having a discussion.
Until it comes from a member, it's not a nomination or a proposal or anything other than a discussion. Issac On 08/07/2014 15:44, Pierre Smits wrote: > All, > > Taking into consideration that nominate and propose - in general and in > this context - mean the same and that any contributor can propose > potentials for ASF Membership, shouldn't the by-laws of the Foundation > reflect this? > > Regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com > > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com> > wrote: > >> Yes, of course a community member can propose a member. As Rob says, the >> nomination and election has to be done by the Members, but not all projects >> have existing members acting as the eyes and ears. >> >> Of course, not having members in a project community shouldn't impact the >> project since it is self-managing and membership is only a foundational >> level thing. Nevertheless, the membership needs to be a good cross-section >> of our project communities. >> >> If a community member feels someone is being overlooked a mail to >> priv...@community.apache.org will reach people who can add notes to the >> member watch list. >> >> This is the right list for discussing what we look for in members. >> >> Sent from my phone - please forgive brevity and typos >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Rob Vesse" <rve...@dotnetrdf.org> >> Sent: 7/8/2014 10:42 >> To: "dev@community.apache.org" <dev@community.apache.org> >> Subject: Re: Proposing for Apache Member? >> >> Pierre >> >> Not unless one/more of those contributors is themselves a Member/Officer >> of the ASF - see Sectopn 4.1 of the Bylaws >> (http://apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html#4.1) which states the following: >> >> To be eligible for membership, a person or entity must be nominated by a >> current member of the corporation and must complete a written membership >> application in such form as shall be adopted by the Board of Directors >> from time to time >> >> >> Therefore contributors of a project can't directly, I guess they could >> talk to ASF members they know and suggest that person with the aim of >> getting a nomination but not being a member myself I'm not sure if that >> would be acceptable behaviour. Ultimately ASF is a meritocracy and my >> personal impression based on people who I know of who've become members in >> the past couple of years is that to become a member you need to be active >> across the foundation (not just within a small part of it) for a prolonged >> period. >> >> One thing worth asking is why the community you are involved in feels the >> need to have someone be elected as a Member? >> >> Rob >> >> On 08/07/2014 09:43, "Pierre Smits" <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Is it possible that contributors of a project can propose a community >>> member to be elected as an Apache Member? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Pierre Smits >>> >>> *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* >>> Services & Solutions for Cloud- >>> Based Manufacturing, Professional >>> Services and Retail & Trade >>> http://www.orrtiz.com >> >> >> >> >> >
