Ken Causey skrev:
On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 21:37 +0100, karl wrote:
But if I as apprentice was the only one certifying Dan as anything, and I certified him as master would he be able to vote in the Squeak election? Or would he only enjoy my appreciation ;-) Karl
To put it simply, if yours is the only certification for someone else then that other person will be certified up to either your level or the level you specified for them, whichever is lowest. So if you are an apprentice, and you certify Dan as Master (and yours is the only certification) then Dan will be certified as an Apprentice. Apprentice is sufficient to allow voting.
Ok, good to know I don't waste any appreciation :-)
It gets more complex than this when there is more than one certification, but in any case getting Apprentice status is a very low bar for receiving voting privileges. I am in the habit of certifying anyone up to Apprentice level who
A. I either recognize from the mailing list or squeak-dev IRC or some other Smalltalk-related context.
B. Includes a comment that shows some knowledge of Squeak or Smalltalk in general.
C. Links to a webpage that at least mentions Squeak or Smalltalk in a reasonable way. Note that I go so far as to find references in foreign languages I can't even read and tend to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Ken
It's really vital that people that don't participate on the list's etc. leave some info on Squeak People so there is a chance to apply trustmetric.
karl