Re: Renewals of the memberships

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 02:49:48PM -0700, Glynn Foster wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> > > > And how long do memberships last now ? Is it still two years or has
> > > > it been changed by the board to one year ? I think it was planned to
> > > > change it to one year but I haven't seen any mail about this. Glynn
> > > > ?
> > > 
> > > Again, I've forwarded this on - hopefully we'll talk about this stuff
> > > at todays board meeting!
> > 
> > Any news on this ?
> 
> What does everyone think? I personally feel that 1 year memberships are
> fine, although I guess that might mean more work for the membership
> committee?

Looking at contributor life cycles historically one year seems a
better match than two.  However, I don't want to swamp the
membership committee.

    Do they have the systems in place to support annual renewal ?
    Will this double their work load ?