Re: Suggestion for XFree86

> [Original Message]
> From: Egbert Eich <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: 3/21/2003 9:30:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [forum] Suggestion for XFree86
>
> Carl Worth writes:
>  > On Mar 20, David Dawes wrote:
>  >  > On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 04:52:40PM -0500, Carl Worth wrote:
>  >  > "Membership" is a non-issue.  It was only an issue in the old closed
>  >  > development days.
>  > 
>  > That would be fine with me. I was only talking about "membership"
since the
>  > xfree86.org web pages do. Note that the page:
>  > 
>  > 	http://xfree86.org/coreteam.html
>  > 
>  > lists dates for joining the team as well as joining core for each
>  > member, (which suggest that there is some granting of "membership" as
>  > a prerequisite for getting on the core team). If that's gone now,
>  > that's fine.
>
> Yes, joining the team should be rephrased. 

I don't really agree Egbert.  Membership, From the Merriam Webster:

Main Entry:mem£ber
Pronunciation:*mem-b*r
Function:noun 
Usage:often attributive 
Etymology:Middle English membre, from Old French, from Latin membrum; akin
to Gothic mimz flesh, Greek m*ros thigh
Date:14th century

1 : a body part or organ: as  a : LIMB  b : PENIS  c : a unit of structure
in a plant body
2 : one of the individuals composing a group
3 : a person baptized or enrolled in a church
4 : a constituent part of a whole: as  a : a syntactic or rhythmic unit of
a sentence : CLAUSE  b : one of the propositions of a syllogism  c : one of
the elements of a set or class  d : either of the equated elements in a
mathematical


I think we should concentrate on #2 :-)

Georgina