Our website has a list of the contributors to the OpenWorm project. Contributors who make regular contributions to the project are considered core members. This page explains the process by which a person becomes a contributor and how a contributor becomes a core member.
- Core members can nominate contributors for core membership
- Core members vote to approve new member nomination (majority wins)
- Core members may vote on decisions during meetings
- Qualify as contributor
- Attend at least 4 hangouts over a period of 3 months
- Hangouts can be the general or any other regular hangout conducting OpenWorm work
- Have a github account
- Has been providing regular contributions for at least 3 months
- Core member can be removed if there is silence for two months
* Add at least one meaningful contribution of code or data that fits into an OpenWorm goal into one of the OpenWorm repositories (GitHub, Google Drive, DropBox, etc)
OR
- Add organizational support to the goals of OpenWorm
- Once you are a contributor, you are a contributor forever
* Everybody who is a contributor gains the privilege to join the hangouts so that they can gain core team membership if they want