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JCPNEXT4-60: Circular definitions of Affiliate Member and Affiliate Membership Agreement #54

Closed apastsya closed 7 years ago

apastsya commented 10 years ago

Jira issue originally created by user pcurran:

In v7 of the Process Document (not yet published) these two terms are defined as follows:

Affiliate Member: An individual who is unwilling or unable to sign the JSPA but who instead signs an Affiliate Membership Agreement in order to participate in the activities of the JCP.

Affiliate Membership Agreement: The membership agreement signed by Affiliate Members.

As written, these definitions are circular (an Affiliate Member is someone who signs an Affiliate Membership Agreement while an Affiliate Membership Agreement is the agreement signed by an Affiliate Member.)

Plus, it would be preferable to define Affiliate Member in terms of what it is rather than what it is not (why someone would sign it rather than why they do not sign the JSPA).

apastsya commented 10 years ago

Comment created by heathervc:

Affiliate members will be able to serve as Contributors on JSRs and will also vote for the 'Community' seats on the JCP EC.

apastsya commented 10 years ago

Comment created by pcurran:

Perhaps define Affiliate Member as someone who can be a Contributor to a JSR. (Don't define it in terms of being "new")

Class of membership, targeted at individual developers who wish to participate as Contributors but who do not wish to make the full commitment of participating as members of Expert Groups...

apastsya commented 9 years ago

Comment created by pcurran:

I changed the definition of Affiliate Member to "An individual who signs the Affiliate Membership Agreement in order to participate independently in the activities of the JCP without requiring an employer’s permission."

apastsya commented 9 years ago

Comment created by pcurran:

Bruno commented in email that my changed definition was still circular. I agree.

So: I changed it again in the as-yet-unpublished version 10 of the revised Process Document.

Please review the defiintions for Associate Member, Partner Member. and Full Member to verify that they are consistent and non-circular.

apastsya commented 9 years ago

Comment created by heathervc:

Bruno verified as fixed in version 10, can close.

apastsya commented 9 years ago

Issue was closed with resolution "Fixed"