Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Developing activities.

2008-09-08 Thread Marco Pesenti Gritti
Any comments? Can we go ahead and (re)create [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can we discuss at Thu dev meeting? I'd like to better understand the purpose of both your and David proposal. Cheers, Marco ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

Re: [IAEP] membership definitions

2008-09-08 Thread Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi, Some comments inline: David Farning wrote: 2. Membership Requirements Membership is earned either through the efforts of an individual or through the annually payment of

Re: [IAEP] membership definitions

2008-09-08 Thread Edward Cherlin
Excellent. When can we expect to see the dues requirements for organizations? I would like to go talk to some likely prospects ASAP. On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:50 PM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have put together a brief list of definitions for Sugar Labs membership. Please comment

Re: [IAEP] membership definitions

2008-09-08 Thread Greg Dekoenigsberg
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008, Walter Bender wrote: It may be obvious, but we should explicitly state that members can terminate their own membership unilaterally at any time. Regarding what constitutes a contribution, here is the language we had been using: Any significant and sustained contributor

Re: [IAEP] membership definitions

2008-09-08 Thread Edward Cherlin
Let me ask a question. To what end would we limit individual membership *at all*? Is there any reason not to be as ridiculously inclusive as possible? We are not limiting _participation_ *at all*. We are proposing to recognize significant contributors like yourself, and provide a few small

Re: [IAEP] [sugar] Fragmenting or providing a foothold?

2008-09-08 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:13 AM, David Farning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With this in mind, the goal of creating new mailing lists is not to fragment the existing community. It is to create footholds for other communities to develop around the central learning platform. It's about economies of

Re: [IAEP] membership definitions

2008-09-08 Thread David Farning
On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 14:40 -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote: Excellent. When can we expect to see the dues requirements for organizations? I would like to go talk to some likely prospects ASAP. Correction: I would like to remove, Generally, at least two months of visible, significant activity will

Re: [IAEP] membership definitions

2008-09-08 Thread Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos
Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote: Yes... but why build a complicated membership management structure to do that? There's a reason I'm asking. Keeping track of who is and isn't a member can turn out to be surprisingly acrimonious and political, and will take more overhead to properly manage.

Re: [IAEP] membership definitions

2008-09-08 Thread Martin Dengler
On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 06:53:47PM -0400, Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos wrote: Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote: Yes... but why build a complicated membership management structure to do that? [...] Your suggestion resonates well with me. Me too. Voting for the board? Sure! I'm not really sure