+1—I’ve been busy with medical school, but I still wish to help out as well as 
I can.

> On Feb 6, 2018, at 9:30 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote:
> 
> +1
> 
>> On Feb 2, 2018, at 1:49 PM, Benjamin Young <byo...@bigbluehat.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all!
>> 
>> This email is primarily for the folks who "signed up" to be initial 
>> committers during the Apache Annotator Proposal process [1] (each of whom 
>> are BCC'd on this email).
>> 
>> It's possible that some of you forgot you'd added your name to that list, or 
>> that now (given the life and work and time) you may no longer have an 
>> interest in participating, or you may have been eagerly awaiting this to 
>> happen and somehow missed the initial setup of the project. Regardless, we'd 
>> love to have you join the party! :)
>> 
>> Here's a quick update, and also some links to get setup as one of the core 
>> contributors to Apache Annotator [2].
>> 
>> First, coding is coming along nicely mostly with thanks going to Randall and 
>> Gerben [3]. The primary focus has been on repository structure (monorepo), 
>> initial code structure/planning, and NPM publication planning/setup. If 
>> you're interested in any of this, please checkout the code repo.
>> 
>> Second, there's a basic promo site (if you've not seen it) at 
>> http://annotator.apache.org/ <http://annotator.apache.org/> We'd like to get 
>> the demo integrated [4] and begin to provide documentation there as we're 
>> able to write it (and would love help writing it!). ^_^
>> 
>> Lastly (and this is where our BCC'd friends come in!), we need more initial 
>> committers active (at least!) on the mailing list. We have folks interested 
>> in contributing to the code who we can't (yet) add to the project because we 
>> lack voting members. If you are able and willing (or even just able ;) ), 
>> we'd greatly appreciate the help and input on the mailing list, even if you 
>> lack time to code or write docs (etc).
>> 
>> If you're +1 on accepting the role you signed up for as an initial 
>> committer, please respond (on list!) to this email and begin 
>> reading/skimming this guide:
>> http://www.apache.org/dev/new-committers-guide.html#guide-for-new-committers 
>> <http://www.apache.org/dev/new-committers-guide.html#guide-for-new-committers>
>> 
>> It can be a lot to take in, but I (and our loverly mentors) will be happy to 
>> help you through the process. :)
>> 
>> Thank you (all!) for reading this email!
>> Benjamin
>> 
>> [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-annotator/wiki/Proposal 
>> <https://github.com/apache/incubator-annotator/wiki/Proposal>
>> [2] http://annotator.apache.org/ <http://annotator.apache.org/>
>> [3] https://github.com/apache/incubator-annotator 
>> <https://github.com/apache/incubator-annotator>
>> [4] https://github.com/apache/incubator-annotator/issues/18 
>> <https://github.com/apache/incubator-annotator/issues/18>
>> 
>> 
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>> http://bigbluehat.com/ <http://bigbluehat.com/>
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