Le 25/05/2016 22:15, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit : > > Some background: > > The main reason members had to vote on sponsors under the > version 1 bylaws was that sponsors gained voting rights. Otherwise, > the board would have been able to take on this decision process > by itself and relief the members from this duty (the board has > in most cases done pre-screening of the candidates all along). > > Under the version 2 bylaws, anyone can self certify > as voting member, so while sponsors now no longer have > voting rights, they can still have employees, engaging in > Python community work, gain voting rights. In the end, > removing the sponsor membership class is not really a > practical loss.
Thanks for the explanation. In that light, the board's decision looks reasonable to me. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
