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<includeonly>===[[Sugar Labs/Members|Sugar Labs Membership]]===</includeonly>
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The Sugar Labs [[Sugar Labs/Members/List|members list]] consists of all the contributors to the Sugar project. Members can run for election to the [[Oversight Board|Oversight Board]], vote in the elections for the Oversight Board, and suggest [[Sugar Labs/Governance#Sugar Labs Referenda|referenda]].
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== Sugar Labs Membership ==
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The Sugar Labs [[Sugar Labs/Members/List|members list]] consists of most of the contributors to the Sugar project. Members can run for election to the [[Oversight Board|Oversight Board]], vote in the elections for the Oversight Board, and suggest [[Sugar Labs/Governance#Sugar Labs Referenda|referenda]].
  
Any "significant and sustained" contributor to Sugar Labs is eligible for membership. Although it is difficult to specify a precise definition, a [[Sugar_Labs/Sugar_contributors|contributor]] generally must have contributed to a non-trivial improvement of the Sugar project or Sugar Labs activity. Contributions may be code, documentation, translations, maintenance of project-wide resources, ''running a Sugar deployment'', or other non-trivial activities which benefit Sugar Labs. Membership eligibility is an individual determination: while contributions made in the course of employment will be considered, they will generally be ascribed to the individuals involved, rather than accruing to all employees of a "contributing" corporation. The Membership and Elections Committee ('''MEC''' / '''MembCom''') will oversee membership applications (Please apply by sending email to ''members at sugarlabs.org'').
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Any "significant and sustained" contributor to Sugar Labs is eligible for membership. Although it is difficult to specify a precise definition, a [[Sugar_Labs/Sugar_contributors|contributor]] generally must have contributed to a non-trivial improvement of the Sugar project or Sugar Labs activity. Contributions may be code, documentation, translations, maintenance of project-wide resources, ''running a Sugar deployment'', or other non-trivial activities which benefit Sugar Labs. Membership eligibility is an individual determination: while contributions made in the course of employment will be considered, they will generally be ascribed to the individuals involved, rather than accruing to all employees of a "contributing" corporation.
  
The Membership and Elections Committee will review the membership list for currency once per year. Any member may join this committee, which is currently staffed by [[User:sdz|Sebastian Dziallas]] and [[User:LFaraone|Luke Faraone]].
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The Membership and Elections Committee (MEC) will oversee membership applications (Please apply by sending email to ''members at sugarlabs.org'').
: '''Acknowledgment:''' Sebastian and Luke are both running for [[Oversight Board|Oversight Board]] positions in the [[Oversight_Board/2009-2010-candidates|upcoming election]]. [[User:Dfarning|David Farning]], as an outgoing (not running for re-election) Oversight Board member and current '''MEC''' liaison, will audit and assure (along with the community) that the '''MEC''' work is transparent and fair.
 
  
<noinclude>== Applying for membership ==</noinclude><includeonly>==== Applying for membership ====</includeonly>
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The MEC will review the membership list for currency once per year.
All submissions MUST be sent to ''members at sugarlabs.org'' by <strike>September 1st</strike> '''5 pm EDT (21:00 UTC) Sunday 06 September 2009'''. Submissions sent to other email addresses or sent after the deadline will not be processed for this year's election. Someone on the '''MEC''' will reply to your query within 2 business days.
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== Applying for membership ==
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All submissions MUST be sent via email to '''members''' at '''sugarlabs.org'''. Submissions sent to other email addresses or sent after the deadline will not be processed for the year's election. Someone on the '''MEC''' will reply to your query within 2 business days. If you don't get a reply after a week, please contact committee members individually.
  
 
In your email, please include:
 
In your email, please include:
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* Your [[IRC]] / Wiki / [http://git.sugarlabs.org Gitorious] username
 
* Your [[IRC]] / Wiki / [http://git.sugarlabs.org Gitorious] username
 
* A description of your contribution to Sugar Labs, links are preferable.
 
* A description of your contribution to Sugar Labs, links are preferable.
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== Currency assurance policy ==
 
== Currency assurance policy ==
  
 
In order to ensure that the Sugar Labs Membership list is reflective of the current status of the project and its participants, once a year members will be asked to confirm that they still wish to be a Sugar Labs Member. If this request bounces, or if a request has not been replied to after it has been a) resent, b) checked for a more current email address, and c) six months have passed, the member will be sent a removal notice with an invitation to reapply.
 
In order to ensure that the Sugar Labs Membership list is reflective of the current status of the project and its participants, once a year members will be asked to confirm that they still wish to be a Sugar Labs Member. If this request bounces, or if a request has not been replied to after it has been a) resent, b) checked for a more current email address, and c) six months have passed, the member will be sent a removal notice with an invitation to reapply.
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== Timeline for 2009-2010 Season ==
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The most recent currency review was in January 2016. However it was non binding so this list has not been ever pruned of inactive members.
* 2009-09-06: New Member addition frozen. All requests made after this date will be processed after the 2009-2010 election.
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* 2009-09-08: All existing 2009-2010 applications sent to members@sl.o processed
 
* 2009-09-12: Email sent out to existing 2008 members to request that they confirm their membership
 
* 2009-09-??: Email sent out to all members (other than 2008 members who requested removal) containing details on the 2009 election, with a link to the provider selected by Sugar Labs.
 
* 2009-10-??: Second email sent out to unconfirmed 2008 members
 
* 2010-04-??: Unconfirmed members sent a removal notice, with instructions to reapply if desired
 
 
== Members List ==
 
== Members List ==
This is our [[Sugar Labs/Members/List]].
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This is our [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members/List Sugar_Labs/Members/List].
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== Membership and Elections Committee ==
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The [[Oversight Board]] appoints members to the committee though a normal motion procedure.
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As of January 2017 the committee, is staffed by [[Samson Goddy]], [[User:Laura Vargas|Laura Vargas]] and [[User:Ignacio|Ignacio Rodríguez]].
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In 2014 and 2015 we missed having elections. The 2016 Committee was staffed by [[User:Sebastian/FuenteLibre|Sebastian Silva]], [[Samson Goddy]], and [mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com Caryl Bigenho].
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Until 2013 the Committee was staffed by Luke Faraone.
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Revision as of 16:28, 3 March 2017

Sugar Labs Membership

The Sugar Labs members list consists of most of the contributors to the Sugar project. Members can run for election to the Oversight Board, vote in the elections for the Oversight Board, and suggest referenda.

Any "significant and sustained" contributor to Sugar Labs is eligible for membership. Although it is difficult to specify a precise definition, a contributor generally must have contributed to a non-trivial improvement of the Sugar project or Sugar Labs activity. Contributions may be code, documentation, translations, maintenance of project-wide resources, running a Sugar deployment, or other non-trivial activities which benefit Sugar Labs. Membership eligibility is an individual determination: while contributions made in the course of employment will be considered, they will generally be ascribed to the individuals involved, rather than accruing to all employees of a "contributing" corporation.

The Membership and Elections Committee (MEC) will oversee membership applications (Please apply by sending email to members at sugarlabs.org).

The MEC will review the membership list for currency once per year.


Applying for membership

All submissions MUST be sent via email to members at sugarlabs.org. Submissions sent to other email addresses or sent after the deadline will not be processed for the year's election. Someone on the MEC will reply to your query within 2 business days. If you don't get a reply after a week, please contact committee members individually.

In your email, please include:

  • Your name
  • Your IRC / Wiki / Gitorious username
  • A description of your contribution to Sugar Labs, links are preferable.

Currency assurance policy

In order to ensure that the Sugar Labs Membership list is reflective of the current status of the project and its participants, once a year members will be asked to confirm that they still wish to be a Sugar Labs Member. If this request bounces, or if a request has not been replied to after it has been a) resent, b) checked for a more current email address, and c) six months have passed, the member will be sent a removal notice with an invitation to reapply.

The most recent currency review was in January 2016. However it was non binding so this list has not been ever pruned of inactive members.

Members List

This is our Sugar_Labs/Members/List.

Membership and Elections Committee

The Oversight Board appoints members to the committee though a normal motion procedure.

As of January 2017 the committee, is staffed by Samson Goddy, Laura Vargas and Ignacio Rodríguez.

In 2014 and 2015 we missed having elections. The 2016 Committee was staffed by Sebastian Silva, Samson Goddy, and Caryl Bigenho.

Until 2013 the Committee was staffed by Luke Faraone.