Some basic information on PMCs and voting: - http://tomee.apache.org/management-and-voting.html
Short answer, being on the PMC brings more work and no additional authority. That work is primarily scanning the legal files every single release before you vote. Scanning them means you need to fully understand what they are and how they work, when they need updating and how to do that. You become part of Apache's legal shield against legal trouble. Being on the PMC and not understanding or performing all the above and still voting, significantly weakens Apache should any legal issue arise. Here's also a list of all our committers: - http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#tomee Looking at our PMC list, it needs to be updated. Kevan actually resigned as he no longer has time to do any of the work. We should probably add a couple more people. -David
