Gentoo Foundation Bylaws Revised

At the monthly meeting of the trustees of the Gentoo Foundation Inc., a revision of the bylaws was passed by a unanimous vote.

The main change was to permit applications for membership from anyone at any time

Section 4.3. Admission of Members now reads :-

Full members are admitted by petitioning the trustees for membership, providing verifiable evidence of their contribution to Gentoo. Active Gentoo developers who are not members of the Foundation may apply for membership. Any developer applying for membership in the Foundation will become a member of the Foundation immediately after the next Trustee meeting following the application unless an absolute majority of the trustees (currently 3 out of 5) oppose membership for the developer at this meeting.

Applicants who are not Gentoo develpers need to cite verifiable evidence of contributing to Gentoo or to the stated aims of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. Examples of contributing include but are not limited to, arch testing, bugzilla, Gentoo forums, working with existing developers. Contributions will be verified. The decision of the trustees is final.

Monetary contributions will be discounted - Gentoo Foundation membership cannot be bought.

email applications to trustees@gentoo.org with a subject line "Foundation Membership Application" must include the following:-

1. Full name
2. Nickname (optional)
3. Valid email, gpg key fingerprint and key ID
4. Birthday (optional) just (MM/DD)
5. Provide a verifiable description of the work you have undertaken to further the aims of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. All contributions will be validated, help us to process your application quickly by including how we can validate it.

Note: All the information required for developer applications is already available from ldap