On 12 February 2015 at 18:24, Andrea Veri <a...@gnome.org> wrote: > 2015-02-12 14:42 GMT+01:00 Magdalen Berns <m.be...@thismagpie.com>: > >> I suggest we just make the rules much clearer to people on the outreach >> pages by clarifying what "non-trivial" actually means. GSoC/OPW interns are >> told to make more contributions after their 3 month internship before >> applying. That suggests that the contributions they make over their 3 month >> internship of 40 hours per week are trivial. It's no wonder contributors >> find the process of making a membership application intimidating considering >> that, isn't it? How could a volunteer compete with an someone who is being >> paid to work on GNOME full time (even if it is just for 3 months)? > > I can't find a single reference of anyone ever saying contributions > made by interns during their internship are considered as trivial by > the Membership Committee. One of the main requirements of gaining > Foundation Membership is being active within the community for a > little while *after* the internship has ended to demonstrate the fact > there's a real interest staying around and contributing to the > Project. The rationale behind this decision is mainly related to the > fact a good number of interns stopped contributing right after their > internship ended and it was clear to us their intent wasn't sticking > around the community nor they probably were passionate about our > project to justify staying around some more. We found extending the > contributions period (usually one or two months) for interns the best > solution to build a membership base made of people who really love and > care deeply about the project and the values it promotes. > > What you are suggesting would be accepting every single intern > regardless of this person being really interested and passionate about > joining the Foundation. That will probably lead to a wider membership > base for sure but how long these people are going to really stay > around if their interest of contributing to the project was only > tracked by the stipend they received?
I think it is more about changing the rules to mention the additional requirement of remaining active after the internship, as current rules say a non-trivial improvement should be enough and an internship is not enough which may lead to people interpreting it as their internship not being "a non-trivial improvement". _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
