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I’ve had a couple of people ask me why I did not reapply for membership in the XSF, so I thought I might post a bit about it here. I joined the XSF about 2 years ago not really knowing what was involved in membership. No one seemed to be able to tell me anything that being a member did aside from voting on the council, or other members. In the time I spent on XSF, that is literally all I did. It seemed like all of the “important discussions” had better places to be discussed at, like the council list, the standards list, and even a few more. I think it boiled down to, what’s left to talk about or even do? I don’t have any interest in being a member of something just so I can say I’m a member of it, so I chose not to rejoin this year.

If there was something to being a member in the XSF that I was missing out on, please, speak up and help me understand. =) And I certainly don’t have any ill feelings towards the membership, so please don’t take this as a “bash”.