All, As I am sure many have observed, we have a large number of committers [1] who are no longer active. Currently, we no status that continues to recognize someone’s committer merit while allowing them to declare inactive in the project. To address this gap, I am proposed amending our project bylaws [2] as follows:
2.3.4 A committer is considered "emeritus" by sending their declaration to priv...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:priv...@cloudstack.apache.org>. An emeritus committer may return to "active" status by sending their declaration to priv...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:priv...@cloudstack.apache.org>. No vote is required for a committer change from “emeritus" to “active" status. 2.3.5 "Active committters" are all non-emeritus committers. These clauses were inspired by the Apache Cocoon [3] bylaws [4]. To be clear, a committer never loses their merit, and only a committer can decide to go emeritus. Since merit is never lost, a emeritus committer may return to active status at anytime by simply informing the PMC of their intention to be active again. No one can require that committer change to emeritus status. On the website, we would place emeritus committers in a separate section — allowing users to more easily identify those that are actively participating in the project. Thoughts? -John [1]: http://cloudstack.apache.org/who.html [2]: https://cloudstack.apache.org/bylaws.html [3]: http://cocoon.apache.org/ [4]: http://code.metager.de/source/xref/apache/cocoon/commons/bylaws/bylaws.txt#14 Regards, John Burwell john.burw...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London VA WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue
