Minutes of Membership Committee Meeting: 6 Mar 2004

[Gael CHAMOULAUD <strider gnome org>]

Minutes For Committee Meeting: 06 March, 2004
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Present:
	Vincent
	Eric
	Sayamindu
	Gael

Absent:
	Andy
	Gregory

The main goal of this meeting was the welcome to the new members in 
the committee (Sayamindu, Greg and me).

Main presentation:
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	The old members have explained how the committee works to the newcomers.
	

New actions:
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	ACTION: Before accepting members, we discuss the application a bit on the list, to reach a
			consensus. The applications should be done in a reasonable timer period (5 days 
		    maximum). 
			(All the committee)

	ACTION: Prepare the referendum about "anonymous voting" (All the committee)
	
	ACTION:	Build the new infrastructure for handling memberships (Eric)
			This is in progress.

	ACTION: Talk with the board about one-year membership and some other stuff
			here's what we'd like to discuss:
			* one-year membership
			* all renewals on the same date (=> it will ease our work because we
			  won't need to track every renewal)
			* what is the exact status of the committee? This is not clear for me:
			  we have an official role, but how are the members of the committee
			  chosen? How does it work? I don't want to add bureaucracy, but we
			  need some clear rules.
			* recently, I've seen people asking for membership because they want
			  a gnome.org e-mail address. This is not good.
			* how can we make more people vote?