thanks, Cesar, it is always a pleasure to help other people with their contributions. : ) --
*Daniel Dias dos Santos* Java Developer SouJava & JCP Member GitHub: https://github.com/Daniel-Dos Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/danieldiasjava Twitter: http://twitter.com/danieldiasjava Em sex., 26 de jun. de 2020 às 18:26, Cesar Hernandez <cesargu...@gmail.com> escreveu: > Congratulations Daniel! > Thank you for your contributions and also the energy you have provided to > enable and review other's contributions. > > El vie., 26 jun. 2020 a las 15:01, Marco Ferreira (< > marcoantoniobferre...@gmail.com>) escribió: > > > Amazing Daniel! Congratulations, you deserve it! > > > > On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 at 19:47, David Blevins <david.blev...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > AAte > > > > Atenciosamente, > > > > Marco Ferreira > > [image: https://]about.me/m.ferreira > > < > > > https://about.me/m.ferreira?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api > > > > > > > > -- > Atentamente: > César Hernández. >
