On Sun, 2019-08-18 at 02:12 +0200, Alad Wenter via aur-general wrote:
I reached out to Alad sometime in between, but he never responded to my profile review request;
While I don't claim to be the most apt in responding to emails, I see no Jean Lucas orjean@4ray.co in my mailbox. I guess that's why I did not respond then.
I contacted Alexander, you and Robin over IRC, you must've just not seen my message. I don't blame you, though - IRC isn't exactly the best place to leave messages for others if they're AFK, unless the recipient is an avid IRC user, IMO.
That said, I think its a bit unfair to say that I went off and found another sponsor without batting an eye
That doesn't really matter - the admission guidelines [1] cleary say that you should mention any previous sponsors you've contacted.
]1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Trusted_Users#How_do_I_become_a_TU ?
For the record, it says "Should the TU you contact decline to sponsor your application, you should make this fact known if you seek sponsorship from another TU." - that should be reworded to something similar to what you said instead, given the recent amendment to the TU bylaws of needing two sponsors instead of one. Either way, I had forgotten about that part, so I failed to bring it up with the TUs I was in contact with. My apologies. In hindsight, it would've been a pragmatic idea.