Re: Membership Committee Mailing List Archives

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 11 Jul 2006, at 13:13, Dave Neary wrote:
> Calum Benson wrote:

> > Hmm... so if a dozen people have bad things to say about someone, and
> > only a couple have good things to say about them, we only get to  
> > see the
> > good ones and the application is accepted?
>
> It all depends on the scope of the question. For a GNOME Foundation
> membership request, the question is "has this person donated
> considerably more time and effort to GNOME than could normally be
> expected of a user?" - filing one bugzilla bug is a "no", writing a QT
> application is a "no", I think writing a GTK+ application would  
> probably
> qualify as a "yes", being a volunteer during a GUADEC would be a  
> "yes", etc.
>
> At what stage of the process does the question of whether the  
> person is
> a good contributor or a bad contributor come into play? Should it come
> into play at all?

It's a fair question, and not one I'd pretend to be qualified to  
answer... I guess my point is that, in general, any system of  
feedback seems somewhat flawed to me if you're only expected to give  
positive feedback, and remain silent otherwise.  (If anything, it's  
the opposite of how most feedback systems work: you usually have to  
actively voice opposition; silence tends to imply tacit acceptance.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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