Related link: http://news.open-bio.org/archives/2003_02.html#000009

Ewan Birney writes:

Bioperl is a completely open group - anyone can join the lists
and we welcome any contributions - but from the outside people might
wonder:

• “who decides who is in Bioperl”
• “who gets to go to Singapore”
• “can I come along?”

So… here is short, rough idea how this works out …

Whaddya think? Is this an acceptable “open door” policy?