Well, you can't deny that I did propose an amendment to the by-laws a posting ago. :-)
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 Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Issac Goldstand <mar...@beamartyr.net> wrote: > 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
