Re: New GNOME Foundation Members

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> Le vendredi 12 février 2010, à 13:43 +0100, Philip Van Hoof a écrit :
>> On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 13:37 +0100, Pascal Terjan wrote:
>> > I'm for suggesting it in the welcome email, not for enforcing it
>>
>> The problem is that without any such enforcement, the rule is pointless
>> and will lead to the current situation where some new guys do and a lot
>> of others don't introduce themselves.
>
> I really hope we don't need rules for this. It's not really a good way
> to welcome people to first tell them "hey, if you don't do this, we kick
> you out".
>

I'm with you on this Vincent, although I'm the last one to want to
throw this thread into another argument about rules...

I would compare this to, for instance; when you read the guidelines
for wrapping a release of your module, it doesnt say we'll burn you
if you ever forget to tell i18n-list or something, but I think people generally
want to collaborate and want to know their work is appreciated.

Personally I think that years ago when I joined it would have made me
feel like GNOME was a warmer place if the introduction was politely required,
otherwise to some it might come across like nobody cares that somebody
took such an interest in GNOME.

Not to mention it would be very interesting to me at least; to know
why new members have taken an interest in GNOME.

Cheers,
       -Tristan

> Vincent
>
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