On Aug 25, 2008, at 23:04, Alan Burlison wrote:

> Simon Phipps wrote:
>
>>>>          3. List the OpenSolaris entity(s) in which you contribute
>>> Isn't that just the same as the list of collectives for which you   
>>> have contributor status?
>> No. You may not consider that your contribution is sufficient to   
>> justify Electorate Member status. Our benchmark is "substantially   
>> contributed". Offering a set of check boxes would be cool though.
>
> But can we assume that as a minimum you'd have to achieved  
> contributor status?

Yes, exactly.

>>>>         4. For each entity, identify the Solaris user ID of the    
>>>> Leader who can verify your claim.
>>> Isn't that just the same as the list of leaders of the   
>>> aforementioned collectives?
>> No. People will want to identify a leader that knows them and can   
>> vouch for them. And I think it's too much of an overhead to expect   
>> every Leader to vote. I'd suggest offering radio buttons for each   
>> leader of each collective whose check box was checked above, so  
>> they  can select one for each.
>
> That would be possible.  We'd also have to notify the leaders they  
> needed to vouch for people - perhaps via email, with a 'click here  
> to vouch' token in the body of the mail?

Yes, that would work perfectly.

There would also need to be a "use these existing Members instead"  
radio button and pair of validated fields.

> Just so nobody gets too excited - I'm not making any sort of firm  
> commitment to do this, although I think it's a reasonable idea -  
> there are more pressing things we need to address first.  It does  
> seem however that the natural place for it would be the membership  
> system, as a 'phase two' extension.

Indeed, I assume that we would need a manual process that embodied the  
same principles if you were not able to implement a custom system.

S.



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