Re: [gnome.org #12967] Application received from Karsten BrÃckelmann (guenther AT rudersport.de)

["guenther via RT" <membership-applications gnome org>]

On Sun, 2012-09-23 at 15:37 +0000, Tobias Mueller via RT wrote:
> Hey Karsten :)
>
> Awesome to read you!

Muelli, great to see you're still around and active. Knew you are, but
still nice to see you process the queue. :)

> On Sun Sep 09 00:28:23 2012, foundationmembershipcommittee wrote:
> > Foundation Previous Participation:
> > I've been an existing Foundation member for several years.
> > I haven't done any significant recent contributions, and therefore
> > want to apply for an Emeritus status, not a full Membership.
>
> As the policy is
> <https://live.gnome.org/MembershipCommittee/EmeritusMembers>: "Members
> of the Foundation are required to have made a valuable, recent and
> non-trivial contribution to the project, and should be planning to
> actively contribute in the future" I am asking whether you plan to "to
> actively contribute in the future".

I am the first ever to apply for Emeritus status, am I? ;)  Just timing
coincidence...

While the above quote and requirements indeed are listed on the Emeritus
Members page, it is prefixed "requirements to gain a *full* membership
(or renew it)".

I don't apply for that, because currently I do not plan any substantial
contributions in the near future. Thus, I apply for Emeritus, which is
designed for folks like me. ;)

Quoting that wiki and the original announce post:

> [...] you can qualify for the Emeritus Member rank if:
>
> 1. you have been a Foundation Member in the past and made a 
>    substantial contribution over a long period of time.

Check.

> 2. you lost or are about to lose your Foundation membership by not 
>    renewing it in time.

Check.

> 3. you are still interested in being part of the GNOME community.

Check. Of course!

> 4. your contributions are not recent enough to apply for the full 
>    membership.

Yup, no recent-ish non-trivial contributions, and unlikely to have the
time to do so in the foreseeable future. So...

May I become an Emeritus Member, please? Pretty please, with sugar^W
ice-cream on top.


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