Congratulations Daniel, you really deserve it! On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:46 AM Gustavo Castro <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations, Daniel! This is great! > > regards, > > GACS > > El jue., 25 jun. 2020 a las 16:47, David Blevins (<[email protected] > >) > escribió: > > > Dear community, > > > > Please share your thanks to Daniel Dias Dos Santos who has been invited > by > > the TomEE PMC as a committer! > > > > Thank you, Daniel, for all you've given the project with your many many > > PRs. You are indeed a big force behind our translation efforts. > > > > Much more than that, thank you so much for all your effort helping to > > enable others to contribute to the project. It's a rare thing. > > > > Many people new on an open source project limit their participation. If > > someone asks a question, they think, "Someone who knows more should > > probably answer that." If someone asks how they can help, they think, > > "Someone with more authority should probably answer that." If someone > > submits a PR, they think, "Someone with more experience/commit should > > probably review that." > > > > Reject that line of thinking. It doesn't help you or the project. > > > > The people you view as more capable and with more authority view > > themselves as servants. Servants that are just doing the best they can. > > You don't need permission or authority to be a servant. When you show > > willingness and bravery to help others an also be a servant, you quickly > > become one of their favorite people. > > > > The trick; it's not about your ability to help, it's about the person who > > needs help. Focus on them, not on you. > > > > It's not "do I know everything about x", it's "do I know anything about x > > that can help this person." If there's any small thing you can do to > help > > them, do it. If you see they are not getting a response, then you have a > > wide open range of ways to help them; basically anything that isn't > > silence. Even a simple, "I'm new here too, but happy to team up and > learn > > together. I can't figure out x, do you have any ideas?" > > > > Thank you, Daniel, for having the bravery to help so many on the project. > > > > You are now going to cross a magical line were people are going to look > at > > you and think, "we sure, he can help/do/contribute like that because > he's a > > committer. I'm not so I can't." > > > > Your new job is to convince them otherwise :) > > > > > > -- > > David Blevins > > http://twitter.com/dblevins > > http://www.tomitribe.com > > > > >
