Fwd: [gnome.org #11946] [RENEWAL] Application received from Benjamin Otte (otte AT gnome.org)

[membership-applications gnome org]

This is forward of transaction #159368 of a ticket #11946
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> On Fri Jun 03 11:56:39 2011, otte gnome org wrote:
>
> > Yes. I'm lazy. And I consider it very important to not have to do
> > additional work.
> > Even if I did nothing the last 2 years that qualifies for membership,
> > I am still getting it, so there is absolutely no need to do this work.
> > It should be a dead-simple one-click operation.
> >
> > I've already been annoyed that I had to open a web form, enter my name
> > and click a checkbox.
>
> Sorry? are you kidding me? I spend several hours to update Committee's wiki and webpages, 
> preparing elections and processing new members and renewals and you tell me that writing a 
> small summary of your contributions once every two years is a problem?
>
> > And last but not least, even with an empty form, you are required to
> > renew my membership, even if I had decided to send that empty form
> > only in five years, because with granting me membership once I'm
> > qualified for life.
>
> No, membership is *not* qualified for life, you gain it, you lose it by being inactive or by 
> stopping your contributions after a good amount of time. Following your reasoning people 
> not contributing to the Foundation since 10 years should still be considered Foundation 
> members? Looks like you've never understood what a Foundation is, and what does it mean 
> to be a Foundation member.
>
>
> -- 
> Andrea,
> GNOME Accounts Team
> GNOME Membership & Elections Committee Chairman
>
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