Finding a good name...

[Scott Kitterman]

I still like Ubuntu Contributing Developers and not just because it's 
appropriately corporate sounding.  Here are my reasons:

1.  It is self describing.  It's a team for people who have contributed to 
Ubuntu.  We even say "Thank you for your contribution to Ubuntu".

2.  Membership is about significant and sustained contribution.  I think 
it's good to have this in the name.

3.  It parallels other uses in English.  A "Contributing Editor"  in the 
newspaper business, is someone who is a newer editor that is still learning 
the trade.

4.  Because of the above, it's easy to explain.

5.  It shouldn't be controversial, so we can just do it and move on.

To argue against "Hacker" options, in addition to the obvious connotation 
issue, I completely agree with Jordan Mantha's about this team being about 
packaging and not about programming.  That only deepens the connotation 
problem.

Scott K