Andrew wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM, John Baer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very simply what are our requirements for membership? >> >> 1) ask to join (mail list) >> 2) disclose interest (mail list) >> 2) agree to "code of conduct" (need to validate) >> 3) create launchpad account (need to validate) >> 4) create a wiki personal page (need to validate) >> 5) Others (?) >> >> Why wouldn't someone make the team? >> >> * doesn't ask >> * has no interest >> * does not agree to "code of conduct" >> * no launchpad account >> * poor fit (Ken's call) >> >> > > I like this suggestion. It keeps membership very open but solves the > issue of the current Launchpad team being essentially useless. >
+1 >> Who will validate our requirements are satisfied? >> > > Launchpad can do some of this itself. I believe that you can set a > team so that it only allows people who have signed the "Code of > Conduct" to be members. > No. I believe much like the current membership boards that approve regional Ubuntu membership, my proposed 5-member council can to the approvals. To me, simply signing the COC is not enough for membership. >> In the case of Fedora I believe any existing team member can validate a >> request for membership. I believe this will work for us but in all cases the >> final decision is Ken's or Ken's delegate. >> > > Launchpad limits this a bit. AFAIK there are three types of teams availiable: > > Open (what we have now) > Moderated (one of the team administrators must approve membership > applications) > Restricted (people can't apply to join, only team administrators can > add new members) > > Moderated teams can be set so that when someone applies through > Launchpad a email is sent to the mailing list. > Yes. So we make the team "Moderated" and at monthly meetings the council approves/denies new members. > I would also suggest that we make the team auto-expire memberships so > that only people that are still interested and active can be on the > team. It can be set so that either renewal is done by an administrator > or by the team member themselves. I think allowing people to renew > themselves would be fine for us. We just want to ensure they're still > interested. No more 700+ inactive members.... Yes. I propose a 6-month limit. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
