[Project-managers] Nominations for Full Membership

[Lou Hafer]

Folks,

	Full membership in COIN-OR comes through recognition of substantial
non-monetary contribution to the work of the Foundation. Anyone can nominate
an individual for full membership, at any time; there are no particular
deadlines.  Still, an occasional reminder seems to help and it's been far too
long since the Membership Committee put out a call for nominations.

	Do you know of anyone who should be recognised as a full member of the
COIN-OR Foundation?  This call is going out to the project manager's list
because each of you are knowledgeable about just who is making a substantial
contribution to your project.

	The general criterion for full membership is a substantial
non-monetary contribution to the work of the Foundation.  Most often, this
comes in the way of code, but other work can be equally valuable;
documentation, for example, or support for the COIN infrastructure.  Put
another way, the Foundation wants to recognise those individuals who are
contributing that most precious resource --- their time and effort --- to
build COIN-OR.

	Anyone can nominate an individual for full membership; the nomination
must be seconded by two full members of the Foundation. If you don't have a
second full member handy, the Membership Committee will support a good cause.
Don't get carried away writing the nomination. Two, perhaps three, paragraphs
should be quite enough. Nominations are reviewed by the Membership Committee,
which will then send an invitation for full membership to the nominated
individual.

	If you're reading this because you're a project manager, and you
haven't yet received an invitation to become a full member, well, you can
blame it on me (Lou Hafer). Don't be modest. A quick email pointing out my
lack of attention is in order.

	Please send nominations for new full members to the Membership
Committee at membership at coin-or.org. If you need to check, the current list of
full members can be found at http://www.coin-or.org/members.html#FullMembers. 

						Thanks,
							Lou