As far as I can tell, that's up to the ASF to decide on a case-by-case basis. So I suggest that if you think your experince would make a valuable contribution to the ASF, ask our PMC for sponsorship. The worst they can do is say no.
--- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If we're expected to nominate ourselves as such, > it'd be nice to have some > guidelines as to what we should be looking at in our > day-to-day Apache > goings on to know that the time has come. So we > don't look like young > punks :) > > Hen > > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Morgan Delagrange wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > [from a previous thread on a previous list] > > > > > Morgan Delagrange wrote: > > > > > > > I don't know if I've yet achieved the status > of a > > > > "long-term [committer] who have earned the > right > > > to > > > > set Apache-wide policies" [...] > > > > However, there's no time like the present to find > out. > > Roy Fielding has suggested that not enough > Jakarta > > members seek membership in the ASF. Until > recently, I > > was quite happy plugging along in my little > Jakarta > > world, developing software and trusting the Apache > > world to continue onward as it has. > > > > However, recent events have shown me that my view > may > > be too narrow. One specific example (sorry if you > > subscribe to the reorg list, as this is repetition > of > > threads there): a top-level Apache project with > the > > same name and similar scope as a Jakarta > subproject > > can be proposed, discussed and approved (including > a > > PMC) without ever being mentioned on a list to > which I > > can subscribe. This week, a mailing list was > formed > > to try to alleviate some of these communication > > deficiencies, but in the words of a former U.S. > > president, "trust, yet verify". > > > > So my specific goal in seeking ASF membership is > to > > look inside the black box. I already know that > > important decisions can be made that are hidden > from > > the view of most committers. I'd like to know > more > > about the process, and hopefully help to make > these > > decisions more open and transparent to committers > at > > large; at present a very small percentage of > Jakarta > > members are actually ASF members. Likewise, I > > encourage other Jakarta committers to consider > seeking > > ASF membership if they are also concerned about > > representation and the decision-making process. > The > > Board seems very interested in increasing our > numbers > > in the ASF membership, and I think we should take > them > > up on this opportunity. > > > > Specifically, I'd like to ask a member of our PMC > or > > any current ASF member to sponsor my membership., > > Unfortunately I will probably not be able to > attend > > the next Foundation meeting, and so I'd also ask > that > > my sponsor act as my proxy, if possible. > > > > If I understand this process correctly, if I am > > nominated, I fill out an application form and it's > > discussed on the private "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > mailing > > list until a decision spits out. I guess I won't > be > > gaining any insight into the admission process at > > first. :) > > > > - Morgan > > > > ===== > > Morgan Delagrange > > http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs > > http://jakarta.apache.org/commons > > http://axion.tigris.org > > http://jakarta.apache.org/watchdog > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:general-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:general-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:general-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:general-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > ===== Morgan Delagrange http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs http://jakarta.apache.org/commons http://axion.tigris.org http://jakarta.apache.org/watchdog __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:general-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:general-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
