Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

[Ruben Vermeersch <ruben savanne be>]

On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 13:24 +0100, Philip Van Hoof wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 11:45 +0100, Ruben Vermeersch wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 10:31 -0300, Bruno Boaventura wrote:
> 
> > Dear membership committee,
> > 
> > Could you at least include a small description of these people when
> > sending out these announcements (it's part of the application,
> > copy-paste!)? I'd love to welcome them and collaborate with those that
> > work in related areas, but unfortunately I don't know all of them.
> > 
> > I've been bringing this point up since GUADEC 2008 in Istanbul and I
> > still haven't seen any response to it. It's a two minute effort, but it
> > would make the integration of new members so much nicer.
> > 
> > Is this possible please, or will I have to complain about this again in
> > six months?
> 
> Why don't we ask the new members to give a short introduction
> themselves?

That has been suggested before and it never happens. Only rarely does a
new member introduce himself/herself (kudos to them).