Re: [gnome.org #15316] GNOME Membership Application from Ciarrai Cunneen

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

While we base membership decisions on previous contributions, my
understanding is that there's an expectation that members will be active
contributors during the period of their membership. My only concern is to
establish that Ciarrai will contribute to GNOME for a prolonged period.

Allan

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Jim Hall <jhall gnome org> wrote:

> Yes, Ciarrai's contribution to date has been usability testing through
> Outreachy (May-August 2016). This was good work, and work that I view
> as actionable to improve GNOME Settings, but this is Ciarrai's only
> contribution so far.
>
> But I'm not sure this is sufficient to deny Foundation membership. The
> Foundation application doesn't set a clear bar, only "contributor"
> which Ciarrai has met.
>
> Quoting from the Foundation application page:
>
> "Who is eligible for membership?
> Per the GNOME Foundation’s charter, any contributor to GNOME is
> eligible for membership. Although it is difficult to specify a precise
> definition, a contributor generally must have contributed to a
> non-trivial improvement of the GNOME Project. Contributions may be
> code, documentation, translations, maintenance of project-wide
> resources, or other non-trivial activities which benefit the GNOME
> Project."
> <https://www.gnome.org/foundation/membership/apply/>
>
> The form asks for name, email, past or recent contributions ("i.e.
> Bugzilla, Mailing Lists, or commits"), and references. The form
> doesn't ask for planned future contributions.
>
> What has been the practice for other Outreachy interns who wish to join
> GNOME?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 5:49 AM,  <aday gnome org> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I know that Ciarrai did a good job with her usability testing internship,
> > but I'm not aware of any contributions outside of that. I think I'd be
> more
> > comfortable to recommend her if she had plans to make further
> contributions
> > within the project itself. Does anyone know if she intends to do this?
> >
> > Allan


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