Team Member Endorsement Requirements

Purpose
Endorsements are like letters of reference: they provide third party verification of a person's capacity to act in the role of an OpenAgile Team Member. Endorsements fit as one part of the requirements to verify a person's capacity.

Requirements
1. Choice of people for Endorsement:

Anyone that has known the applicant for two years or more in either a personal or professional capacity. Examples include family members, school friends, co-workers, or professional care-givers such as a family doctor.

2. Endorsement Format:

Endorsement must be provided in electronic format either as: - an endorsement on LinkedIn - an endorsement on OpenAgile.com attached to the person's profile, created by other members of OpenAgile.com - an endorsement emailed to membersupport@openagile.com comes from an email address clearly compatible with the name of the person giving the endorsement e.g. John Smith with email jSmith203@gmail.com

3. Endorsement Quantity:

There must be two endorsements.

4. Endorsement Content:

The endorsement must include statements which verify how long the endorser has known the person, that the person upholds an ethical standard related to Truthfulness, and a work ethic that indicates and understanding of the importance of learning and professional development.

QUESTION: should the endorsement have anything to do with serving as a Team Member on an OpenAgile team? On an Agile team? On any sort of team?

5. Endorsement Timing:

Both endorsements must be received before application is made to the OpenAgile community for recognition of capacity.