Justin, if you would like to put forward a set of rules, guidelines, and suggest an enforcement mechanism, I would be inclined to endorse it if it would further consensus.
As I have said before, what I would prefer is more projects using the 'contributors' page that lists all contributors with a short blurb about them - much along the lines of what Stefano originally suggested. It'd be on the project pages, not on individual person's pages (that ensures oversight). Their entry can then link to the non-ASF site of their choice.
My canonical example is:
http://httpd.apache.org/contributors/
Although Jakarta has one of their own:
http://jakarta.apache.org/site/whoweare.html
My issue with the Jakarta page is that it doesn't have a picture (rather, room for a picture) and not everyone has their favorite link associated with it. For a page so large, the index at the top with everyone's name on it would be goodness, I think. I also have a hunch that each Jakarta sub-project should have a contributors page rather than a maintaining a global Jakarta one. That page is just too big.
What I would think would also be agreeable is that we have a foundation-wide page that links to each project's contributors page. I'd be loathe to see duplication though. Hence, just link to each project's page.
However, I could see a case where someone on community@ doesn't know what projects I'm on and hence doesn't know where to look for my info. That may make the case for polishing up Jim's page that lists all committers and their projects and putting it somewhere more 'official.' Perhaps, we could also follow a similar pattern as we do for members with committers. Jim's page could be tweaked to have a simple 'name, organization' with preferred links for both. That'd be it. Nothing more (every committer would be arranged alphabetically with no mention of what PMCs, ASF membership, etc, etc.). Yet, your 'name' link should do a job of describing who you are.
If your preferred website doesn't describe you, then I wouldn't complain that no one knows who you are. =)
There is such a directory for members. And I'm pleased to report that I have yet to come across a Beanie Baby in any of the links I have visited.
The members directory just has their name and organization (perhaps URLs for both). But, all those links are external. =) I don't care if you sell Beanie Babies or have pictures of your kids on your site. -- justin
