Re: Extending voting period due to renewals

[Alan <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

> Perhaps someone who has been involved since the earliest days of the
> foundation could explain the reason behind the requirement for frequent
> membership renewal?  (Maybe it isn't as frequent as I feel it is.  Time
> flies.)

The original (and I feel far more sensible) proposal was that people who
hadn't been involved for two years materially shouldn't be voting and
risk turning it into an old-farts club.
 
> to see them removed from the Foundation.  (In searching for my own name I
> was suprised to notice the abscence of Alan Cox.)

By choice. I use some Gnome apps and I'm greatful for all the work done on
Gnome, as for all it failings and mistakes along the way. has done huge
things for the usability of free software.

However I'm just another random user of Gnome. As such I don't think it
is for me to vote but for the people who actually do stuff to decide.

Alan