Re: Proposed constitution for society (needed for bank account)

[Alex Hudson <home alexhudson com>]

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 15:49 +0100, Michael Wood wrote:
> I also do not feel we need to have prerequisites for the people who can 
> join the Gnome-UK society.
> 
> Let's not forget that Open source by it's definition should be 
> accessible to everyone without discrimination of any kind.
> (As in point 5 of the OSD)

I think there is something of a necessity for the membership to be a
known quantity, though. The membership of the org. are effectively able
to control how the money gets spent.

If membership of the org. was a pre-requisite to participation, I would
agree with you: but in this context, they're not - they're a final
stop-gap.

Unless someone can give an example of how you would need to be a member
to contribute [in any way], I don't think this is a problem. This is
more about assuring those people putting finance into GUADEC that their
money is in safe hands.

Cheers,

Alex.