Ladies and gentlemen, Desktop is probably the only community that has Contributor guidelines[1] so may I suggest that we follow them (apart from the fill in the form part, since the form is not there yet).
These are the Core Contributor criteria according to the Guidelines: Core Contributor Criteria 1. Already granted Contributor status. 2. Significant non-trivial contributions have been made in the respective area of expertise. 3. Desire for in-depth involvement in the Desktop community in the Open Source context. (evidence or trend to show such level of involvement). 4. Actively involved in decision making that impact the direction and formulation of the Desktop community [*] 5. Two References to back up applications In particular, I'd like to draw the attention to 1. and suggest that requests for Core Contributor status from non-Contributors should be treated as requests for Contributor status. Also note 3. I personally think that even Contributors should be only those who are active in the OpenSolaris community and not just "doing their job at Sun", but this is particularly important for Core Contributors, since they will be involved in decision making for the entire OpenSolaris community. Laca [1] http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolarisDesktopContributorsGuidelines
