<div dir="ltr"><div>From Kerry: <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>COMMENT: If anyone can nominate new members -
can you self-nominate? In which case isn't this an application for
membership? Is the intention that the nominator is already a member,
because this is not specified.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>It does seem odd that anybody in the whole world can nominate another person for membership.</span></i></p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks Kerry. This was intentionally introduced on 27 Sep when we attempted to resolve some disagreement by consolidating two membership tiers into a single tier. Since one key idea is to keep a low barrier to entry, while still maintaining some control over the membership process, this was changed from "<i>any member may nominate...</i>" to "<i>anybody can nominate...</i>" so that we're avoiding an "inner circle" situation.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't think it's especially odd that anybody in the whole world can nominate (including self-nomination). If someone meets our eligibility criteria, and wishes to become a member, then we should welcome them as members regardless of who they know.<br></div></div>