[Noisebridge-discuss] Consensus proposal: renaming member categories

[davidfine]

We don't actually get to decide what it means to be a "member" in a
501c3 non-profit organization. There is state law and legal precedent,
and "member" is word with special legal meaning. We can't change the
name just because we like the sound of it. This was all hashed out when
the membership process was created and should not be dismantled without
good reason and legal aid.
--David

On 12/9/13, 9:25 AM, Al Sweigart wrote:
> Leif,
>
> We get it. You don't like Tom. But stop trying to frame all of his
> Noisebridge policy suggestions as trolling or somehow insincere.
> Renaming the membership is an actual consensus proposal, and the "high
> cabal" part was clearly a joke. If you look on the consensus page, it
> says "Noisebridge Council". (Personal note: yeah, I think we could
> come up with a better name than council. And I'm fine with the current
> names.)
>
> Please quit purposefully misinterpreting what other people say.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Leif Ryge <leif at synthesize.us
> <mailto:leif at synthesize.us>> wrote:
>
>     On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 06:44:52PM -0800, Tom Lowenthal wrote:
>     > I have proposed the following on the [upcoming consensus
>     items][1] page:
>     >
>     > > Renaming the category "Noisebridge Members" to the
>     "Noisebridge Council", and
>     > > renaming the category "Associate Members" to "Noisebridge
>     Members". This change
>     > > extends not only to our operations, but also to our bylaws, so
>     that the effect is only
>     > > a change of name but does not change the rights or privileges
>     of any person or
>     > > category of people.
>     >
>     > If this topic is of interest to you, I invite you to come discuss it
>     > on Tuesday. I'm not a huge fan of the string "Noisebridge Council",
>     > and would be interested in other options. "Noisebridge High Cabal",
>     > perhaps?
>
>     Tom,
>
>     Please quit trolling Noisebridge.
>
>     Thanks,
>     ~leif
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