On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:16:38 -0400 Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> because they haven't yet *demonstrated* enough merit/understanding to > be nominated for membership. or perhaps they've been nominated but > declined to accept, which i think also means they don't believe enough > in the basic framework for them to be suitable for mentoring someone > else through it. <snip/> > not at all. this is a meritocracy, not a democracy. members are > members by virtue of having demonstrated merit. something coming > through the incubator is intended to be part of the foundation's > projects -- which are owned by the members -- and so having the > mentoring and observation in the hands of a member makes perfect > sense. "Meritocracy"? Here is a gooooood stats on this ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) mailing list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew C. Oliver |acoliver<AT>apache.org |2003-08-22| 144| Nicola Ken Barozzi |nicolaken<AT>apache.org|2003-09-19| 142| Rodent of Unusual Si|coar<AT>apache.org |2003-09-21| 141| Greg Stein |gstein<AT>apache.org |2003-09-19| 68| Tetsuya Kitahata |tetsuya<AT>apache.org |2003-09-21| 57|Becky! ve Noel J. Bergman |noel<AT>apache.org |2003-09-21| 57|Microsoft Paul Hammant |hammant<AT>apache.org |2003-09-19| 56| Steven Noels |stevenn<AT>apache.org |2003-09-21| 55| Jim Jagielski |jim<AT>apache.org |2003-09-19| 50|Apple Mai Sander Striker |striker<AT>apache.org |2003-09-18| 48|Microsoft Aaron Bannert |aaron<AT>clove.org |2003-08-08| 46|Apple Mai Sam Ruby |rubys<AT>apache.org |2003-09-20| 44| Davanum Srinivas |dims<AT>apache.org |2003-09-18| 41| Ted Leung |twl<AT>apache.org |2003-09-19| 36| James Strachan |jstrachan<AT>apache.org|2003-08-22| 30|Apple Mai <snip/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (e.g. Ken.Coar<AT>Golux.Com => coar<AT>apache.org ... ) Hope this helps :-) __ Tetsuya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ P.S. It is apparent that if I also use [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] for making this stats, Paul would be a King "beyond doubt" :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]