Re: [libreoffice-users] Survey about newcomer experience for LibreOffice project contributors

Official membership is for contributors, there is a process of commitment,
verification, etc... to become one. To become one the first step is to
become a contributor (meaning developer, marketing team, etc...)


Regards,
Joel

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Orlando Figueiredo <of1967@gmail.com>wrote:

> What's an official member? How to become one? What are the advantages for
> the member and for the community?
> Thx
> O.
>
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> Em 17-10-2012 17:23, Joel Madero escreveu:
>
>  On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> >  Hi :)
> > > Hmmm, i still haven't looked but would be very disappointed if it really
> > > is only official members.  However fast the application membership
> > > process
> > > is it's unlikely to ever meet demand.  I'm hoping for a bit of a
> > > "snowball
> > > effect" = as more people become members it becomes faster to process the
> > > applications.
> > >
> > > I'm not an official member either and even amongst those that contribute
> > > a
> > > lot only a tiny percentage are officially members.  It seems likely that
> > > i
> > > might even be thrown off the lists soon due to a few disagreements i am
> > > currently having with the BoD.  I'm often in that position so it's
> > > unlikely
> > > i would ever be allowed to be a member!  On the other hand some in the
> > > BoD
> > > applaud me :)  [shrugs]
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)
> > >
> > >  I don't know much about their process. I know I applied and am waiting
> > for
> > feedback. I know that to be a member there are a few requests from TDF.
> > They want commitment and I think that's the biggest thing. I've only been
> > a
> > contributor for about 4 months but in that time I've become really
> > involved
> > so we'll see. I agree, the survey shouldn't be just for members, that
> > being
> > said, wording should change to not confuse people if that's the case .
> >
> > Regards,
> > Joel
>
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