User:Sethwoodworth/MembershipDraft

Prologue

Potential community members have been searching for a way to get some sense of ownership of the OLPC project. I originally started hanging around in OLPC irc rooms just to get a better idea of what was going on and maybe get involved. Many people, prominent and talented, have sent emails to the volunteer@l.o list trying to contribute as well. Some 60 of these volunteers have found their validation in the Support-Gang, others have formed local OLPC groups (SeaXO) and still others have forged their own paths in content and non-programming activities (Cjl, Mchua(?), myself). Others have languishsed and disappeared due to a lack of structure for their contributions.

For programmers this system is fairly easy.  They contribute code, and are listed in some obscure way as a development contributor.  For