@@ -123,11 +123,9 @@

 Full members are admitted by petitioning the trustees for membership, providing verifiable evidence of their contribution to Gentoo.

-Active Gentoo developers who are not members of the Foundation may apply for membership. Any developer applying for membership in the Foundation will become 
a member of the Foundation immediately after the next Trustee meeting following the application unless an absolute majority of the trustees (currently 3 out o
f 5) oppose membership for the developer at this meeting.
+Any person who is not a member of the Foundation may apply for membership. Applicants need to cite verifiable evidence of contributing to Gentoo or to the st
ated aims of the Gentoo Foundation Inc. An applicant will become a mamber of the Foundation immediately after the next Trustee meeting following the applicati
on unless an absolute majority of the trustees (currently 3 out of 5) oppose membership at this meeting.

-Applicants who are not Gentoo developers need to cite verifiable evidence of contributing to Gentoo or to the stated aims of the Gentoo Foundation Inc.
-
-Examples of contributing include but are not limited to, arch testing, bugzilla, Gentoo forums, working with existing developers. Contributions will be verif
ied. The decision of the trustees is final.
+Examples of contributing include but are not limited to: being a Gentoo developer, arch testing, Bugzilla, Gentoo Forums, working with existing developers. C
ontributions will be verified. The decision of the trustees is final.

 Monetary contributions will be discounted - Gentoo Foundation membership cannot be bought.

@@ -135,11 +133,9 @@

 === Section 4.4. Continuation of Membership ===

-Full members who remain Gentoo developers shall have their membership continued until it is terminated in accordance with 4.8 or 4.9.
-
-Full members who retire from the Gentoo project shall have there membership continued while they indicate that they remain interested in the affairs of the Foundation unless their membership is terminated in accordance with 4.8 or 4.9.
+Full members shall have their membership continued while they indicate that they remain interested in the affairs of the Foundation, unless their membership is terminated in accordance with 4.8 or 4.9.

-Criteria for loss of interest in the foundation shall be determined by the trustees, from time to time.
+Loss of interest in the foundation shall be signalled by failure to return a ballot in two successive Trustee elections.