Official Libervis Network members list
tbuitenh | My thoughts:
I think the | Tue, 2007-10-02 14:48
My thoughts:
I think the same thing is also true about nuxified.com project hosting.
A who's who page about official libervis network community members might be nice...
How do we decide that someone deserves free blog/project hosting? I guess it will usually be obvious, but there has to be some way to resolve conflicts about this. Of course "you (don't) get it because libervisco says so" is a fine rule, but it would have to be displayed somewhere.
democrates | You have to draw a few lines | Wed, 2007-10-03 18:30
You have to draw a few lines there for sure.
For starters there's the cashflow constraint, too open and expenditure overshoots income, that's not sustainable and jeopardises strategic objectives. That's the second part, only people who are aligned with and actively further those objectives should be considered, 1000 posts of someone's two cents is still only worth two cents.
libervisco | I think you're both right. | Wed, 2007-10-03 22:42
I think you're both right. We'd have to define some rules for inclusion if we do that, but as Taco said it would usually be obvious. There may be various ways in which one might become as valuable to be considered and maybe rules wouldn't be able to account for all of these.
But in order to prevent me from being the only one who makes a decision we could have votes or some sort of consultations among ourselves about including new people to the list.. some way of getting input from others about whether a person qualifies for the official membership.
Will think about it some more.
Thanks for your feedback. 
AndrewB | Woo i'm a member! Sorry | Thu, 2007-10-04 14:45
Sorry don't check Libervis that often, though I am [as said] more active on other parts.
Members signed up on Libervis.com and Nuxified.org are one thing. Active members of those signed up are another. The sum of active members on either of Libervis Network sites is what we call the "Libervis Network community" or just "Libervis Community", but for the latter the only way one would be able to determine who exactly falls under this community was to look at who is featured on planet.libervis.net.
Maybe that's enough or maybe it would be good to go a step further and devise a few simple conditions for being listed, officially, as a Libervis Community member or as a Libervis Associate of sorts.
What this has as a benefit is perhaps best described in the following example.
I am already hosting StandardsAndFreedom.net, a blog by Charles, a long time blogger previously @libervis.com freely. Why? Simply because of his contribution as a blogger under our site. For quite a while he was among the most active bloggers here on serious issues regarding OpenOffice.org, Open Document and Open Standards in general. Therefore he is not to be charged for this upgraded blog hosting service.
Now, I offered Andrew, another long time member and contributor, who set up planet.libervis.net as a maintainer, helped with certain IRC matters and as a moderator on Nuxified.org, the same thing, to host his blog for free using software he wishes to use.
But, if there would be someone we know nothing of request his blog to be hosted for free I would hesitate. Why? Because I don't yet perceive him as part of the Libervis Community. He first has to prove himself as one.
So a list of community members, Libervis Associates, would basically list those who are eligible for special offers like blog hosting above. Anyone not on this list is not eligible and may rather need to pay for extra services.
In a way, you help Libervis Network grow and evolve and hence earn the right to be rewarded.
What do you think?
Life's not read-only. So.. I keep writing.