On 26/08/2008, at 11:14 AM, Nicholas Solter wrote: > The process on the wiki says, referring to the vouching process "If > they > do so, your Member status will be granted automatically." But you seem > to be saying that the membership committee would actually have the > authority to deny the nomination? I'm not sure I like where this is > going. Putting suffrage in the hands of a committee selected by the > currently elected government seems like a bad idea. That would be like > someone in the US needing to ask the current occupant of the white > house > for permission to vote in the next presidential election.
GNOME has had a membership committee for several years, and it's worked out ok. There have been a few instances where people have unfairly been denied, but then the GNOME Foundation board has stepped in and quickly resolved it. No real harm to either side, and everyone learns something new. Glynn
