Difference between revisions of "Sugar Labs/Members"
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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 oversee membership applications (Please apply by sending email to ''members at sugarlabs.org''). | 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 oversee membership applications (Please apply by sending email to ''members at sugarlabs.org''). | ||
| − | 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 [[ | + | 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 [[Samson Goddy]], [[User:Laura Vargas|Laura Vargas]] and [[User:Ignacio|Ignacio Rodríguez]] |
== Applying for membership == | == 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 this 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 | + | 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 this 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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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. | ||
| − | The most recent currency review was in January 2016. | + | 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 == | == Members List == | ||
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== Membership Committee == | == Membership Committee == | ||
| − | + | Until 2013 the Committee was staffed by Luke Faraone. | |
| − | The [[ | + | 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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| + | The [[Oversight Board]] appoints members to the committee though a normal motion procedure. | ||
[[Category:Participate]] | [[Category:Participate]] | ||
Revision as of 11:37, 7 January 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 will oversee membership applications (Please apply by sending email to members at sugarlabs.org).
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 Samson Goddy, Laura Vargas and Ignacio Rodríguez
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 this 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 Committee
Until 2013 the Committee was staffed by Luke Faraone.
In 2014 and 2015 we missed having elections. The 2016 Committee was staffed by Sebastian Silva, Samson Goddy, and Caryl Bigenho.
The Oversight Board appoints members to the committee though a normal motion procedure.