From c1415213e8c0dc361804eaf94142ec1749f65a58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 22:15:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] updated a bit so that it's clearer

2007-03-05  Vincent Untz  <vuntz@gnome.org>

	* foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.wml: updated a bit so
	that it's clearer

svn path=/trunk/; revision=396
---
 ChangeLog                                     |  5 +++
 .../membership/application.wml                | 36 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3641e59..3a2c59f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-03-05  Vincent Untz  <vuntz@gnome.org>
+
+	* foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.wml: updated a bit so
+	that it's clearer
+
 2007-01-10  Vincent Untz  <vuntz@gnome.org>
 
 	* about/index.wml: update for new board
diff --git a/foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.wml b/foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.wml
index 933c3dc..89767da 100644
--- a/foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.wml
+++ b/foundation.gnome.org/membership/application.wml
@@ -238,53 +238,55 @@
       <p>
         Please provide a short list of areas of GNOME to which you have made a
         non-trivial contribution (for entry into the public membership list).
-        For example, "Documentation, gnomecal, Debian packaging.":
+        For example, "<i>Documentation, gnomecal, Debian packaging.</i>":
       </p>
 
-      <textarea name="summary" rows="3" cols="50"><?php if ($summary) { echo $summary; } ?></textarea>
+      <textarea name="summary" rows="3" cols="72"><?php if ($summary) { echo $summary; } ?></textarea>
 
       <p>
         Please provide a more detailed description of your contributions to
         help the membership committee determine your eligibility. In general,
         anything listed above should be explained here, and additional
-        contributions can be included. For example: "Wrote a chapter "How to
+        contributions can be included. For example: "<i>Wrote a chapter "How to
         Use the GNOME Calendaring System" for the GNOME Users Guide. Several
         patches for gnomecal related to color support. Packaged the 1.4 release
-        for Debian.":
+        for Debian.</i>":
       </p>
 
-      <textarea name="details" rows="10" cols="50"><?php if ($details) { echo $details; } ?></textarea>
+      <textarea name="details" rows="10" cols="72"><?php if ($details) { echo $details; } ?></textarea>
 
       <p>
         Please list individuals (frequently, but not necessarily, project
         maintainers and foundation members) who can help the membership 
 	committee determine your eligibility. You should provide their 
 	name, e-mail address, and a brief description of their role as a 
-	reference. If there is nobody you can think to list, feel free to 
-	suggest another way for the committee to verify your contributions 
-	clearly, such as a pointer to a project ChangeLog, etc. into second 
-	field.  Beware that applications without contacts take relatively 
-	longer to process. To continue the earlier example: "Dan Mueth 
+	reference. To continue the earlier example: "<i>Dan Mueth 
 	(d-mueth&#64;uchicago&#46;edu) 	(GDP coordinator); Russell Steinthal 
-	(rms39&#64;columbia&#46;edu) (gnome-pim maintainer); packaging logs 
-	at http://www.debian.org/packages/gnome/":
+	(rms39&#64;columbia&#46;edu) (gnome-pim maintainer)</i>".<br />
+        <b>Beware that applications without contacts take relatively 
+	longer to process.</b>
       </p>
 
-      <textarea name="contacts" rows="5" cols="50"><?php if ($contacts) { echo $contacts; } ?></textarea>
+      <textarea name="contacts" rows="5" cols="72"><?php if ($contacts) { echo $contacts; } ?></textarea>
       <p>
       If there's nobody you can think of, please list pointers to your contributions here:
+      If there is nobody you can think of for contacts, feel free to 
+      suggest another way for the membership committee to verify your
+      contributions clearly, such as a pointer to a project ChangeLog, etc.
+      For example: "<i>packaging logs at http://www.debian.org/packages/gnome/</i>"
       </p>
-	<textarea name="pointers" rows="5" cols="50"><?php if ($pointers) { echo $pointers; } ?></textarea>
+	<textarea name="pointers" rows="5" cols="72"><?php if ($pointers) { echo $pointers; } ?></textarea>
 
       <h3>Other Comments</h3>
 
       <p>
         Please feel free to include any additional information which you
-        believe the committee should consider while reviewing your application:
+        believe the membership committee should consider while reviewing your
+        application:
       </p>
 
       <p>
-      <textarea name="comments" rows="10" cols="50"><?php if ($comments) { echo $comments; } ?></textarea>
+      <textarea name="comments" rows="10" cols="72"><?php if ($comments) { echo $comments; } ?></textarea>
       </p>
 
       <table summary="Antispam form">
@@ -308,4 +310,4 @@
 <?php } ?>
 
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>