It is established practice at most ASF projects to discuss and vote for new 
committers in private. 
And it makes perfect sense btw.

LieGrue,
strub

> Am 20.11.2015 um 16:36 schrieb Thiago Veronezi <[email protected]>:
> 
> According to this link
> (https://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html): "Identifying
> potential new committers, calling a vote for their recognition as a
> committer and processing the relevant documents is something that the whole
> community can contribute to."
> 
> But it also says something about private voting.... "We do the vote on the
> private mailing list to enable a frank discussion."
> 
> It looks like the private voting isn't required to become formal, but a
> good to have if we are not sure about inviting a new committer. I guess
> this would avoid an awkward  "no" during the voting process. (?)
> 
> []s,
> Thiago.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Not the way it is generally. Main point is suppose we say no...Daniel would
>> leave the project where the no can also mean " let's see a bit more".
>> 
>> That said such demand generally has some notable contribution on the
>> project to promote the candidate to help evaluating the guy - we all know
>> Daniel I guess so it is just a "for next round" comment.
>> 
>> @pmc: do we keep it there or do we move it to private to stay formal?
>> Le 20 nov. 2015 06:59, "Alex Soto" <[email protected]> a écrit :
>> 
>>> I agree with Andy it is a transparent way so all community can know this.
>>> Of course I cannot vote, but it is good to know that Daniel is here too
>> :)
>>> 
>>> El dv., 20 nov. 2015 a les 15:58, Andy Gumbrecht (<
>>> [email protected]>) va escriure:
>>> 
>>>> I started it - Thought it was supposed to be on dev?
>>>> 
>>>> On 20/11/2015 15:55, Romain Manni-Bucau wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> How so does it happen on dev? Maybe missed something bit this kind of
>>>>> discussion should be done on private.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Le 20 nov. 2015 04:31, "Thiago Veronezi" <[email protected]
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit :
>>>>> 
>>>>>    +1
>>>>> 
>>>>>    Daniel is an awesome developer with deep JavaEE knowledge along
>>>>>    with deep
>>>>>    Linux understanding. He will definitely be a great addition to the
>>>>>    project.
>>>>>    Thank you for all your contributions Daniel!
>>>>> 
>>>>>    []s,
>>>>>    Thiago.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>    On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Andy Gumbrecht
>>>>>    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I would like to propose that we accept DeltaSpike committer
>>>>>    Daniel Cunha
>>>>>> as a committer on the TomEE project.
>>>>>> Dani has been a long time supporter and contributor to the TomEE
>>>>>    project.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Please reposond with a +1, 0, or -1, and any rationale you would
>>>>>    like to
>>>>>> provide.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Voting ends one week from today.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>  Andy Gumbrecht
>>>>>> https://twitter.com/AndyGeeDe
>>>>>> http://www.tomitribe.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>>   Andy Gumbrecht
>>>>   https://twitter.com/AndyGeeDe
>>>>   http://www.tomitribe.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 

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