Re: foundation application..

[Tobias Mueller <muelli cryptobitch de>]

Hi.

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 07:55:05AM -0600, meg ford wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 7:44 AM, Tobias Mueller <muelli cryptobitch de>
> wrote:
>
> > I don't read "all successful interns are not eligible for membership"
> > there which is what you claimed.
>
> This is not what we were discussing in the thread.
I was under the impression that Magdalen is.  She claimed that we're telling 
"all succesful interns that they's not eligible".

> We were discussing the fact (as stated in the email Magdalen quoted) that 
> interns are not eligible for Foundation membership for six months after their 
> internship has ended. Are you saying that this waiting period does not exist, 
> or is not taken into account when the applications of former interns are 
> reviewed?
There is no general answer.  Applications are handled on a case-by-case basis.
The number of objections to the decision of the membership committee I know of is exactly 0.
Of course, that number is biased towards the lower end as people might not
have applied in first case.  And it's hard to say how many people have not applied.

We're quite transparent (that doesn't mean that there is no room for 
improvement, though).  We have a list of approved 
applicants here: https://wiki.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/ApprovedMembers
With the RT number you can find the relevant application and all its email, 
because it is publicly archived.  Given that some of you say they don't know 
what contributions will give you a membership, I guess we need to make those 
resources of information better known.

> It would be helpful if you answered that question, since that is what is
> being discussed.
I'll try my best.

Cheers,
  Tobi