I think that it is a good moment to remind the community that the PPMC considers a contributor's merit in the project before electing the individual into the Committer and/or PPMC role. One of the jobs of PPMC members is to identify contributors who are good candidates based on the merit of their contributions. These can be anywhere in the project that is visible to the PPMC and that includes the User Forums.
Regards, Dave On Jul 17, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > Exactly so Dennis, and here is the community documentation which spells > out how a committer can "more easily make changes without having to go > through the patch submission process" for the website: > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/website-local.html > > > "...Making updates to the Apache OpenOffice project's websites is simple. > It's even easy > for non-committers (new contributors - like you) to create > a patch to request that > pages are updated by the project community...." > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected]; 'Joe Schaefer' <[email protected]> >> Cc: >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:17 PM >> Subject: RE: On parks, commons, and websites... and fun (or lack of) >> >> T he following text is boilerplate on the model that is sent to all who are >> invited to be committers on AOOi. It is derived from a model document that >> is >> to be found on the Apache site: >> >> Hello <invitee>, >> >> The Apache OpenOffice Podling Project Management Committee (PPMC) >> hereby offers you committer rights to the project ... . >> >> Being a committer enables you to more easily make changes without >> needing to go through the patch submission process. This applies >> not only to the code base but other project areas, such as the >> web sites. ... >> >> Being a committer does not require you to participate any more >> than you already do. It does tend to make one even more committed. >> You will probably find that you spend more time here. >> >> That same text was in the invitation that Hagar received from the PPMC on >> 2012-03-04. >> >> This is my sole contribution to this thread. I am disappointed that Hagar >> left >> the PPMC. >> >> - Dennis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joe Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 14:42 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: On parks, commons, and websites... and fun (or lack of) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>> From: Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 5:29 PM >>> Subject: Re: On parks, commons, and websites... and fun (or lack of) >>> >>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:20:02 -0700 (PDT) >>> Joe Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> If Hagar has a debilitating illness that prevents him from >>>> acquiring the requisite skills, let me apologize for asking >>>> him to try to do something a normal person on this mailing >>>> list can accomplish for themselves. >>>> >>>> That's the best you're going to get Larry. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> > From: Larry Gusaas <[email protected]> >>>> > To: [email protected] >>>> > Cc: >>>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 5:14 PM >>>> > Subject: Re: On parks, commons, and websites... and fun (or lack >> of) >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On 2012-07-17 3:04 PM Rob Weir wrote: >>>> >> Please, everyone. Let's not pile on this thread with >> more >>> name >>>> >> calling, etc., in the heat of the moment. >>>> >> >>>> >> Let's set it aside and see tomorrow if there is anything >> more >>> that >>>> >> should be said. We accomplish nothing with rapid-fire, >> emotional >>>> >> responses. >>>> > >>>> > I will quit responding when Hagar gets the apology he deserves. >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > _________________________________ >>>> > >>>> > Larry I. Gusaas >>>> > Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada >>>> > Website: http://larry-gusaas.com >>>> > "An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are >> far >>> behind >>>> > theirs." - Edgard Varese >>>> > >>>> >>> >>> I suggest the other Mentors should _urgently review_ this thread and >> consider >>> what behaviour is expected from a mentor. >>> >>> It is unfair to require a volunteer to change his level of committment, or >> to >> >> Relax- nobody is *requiring* anything of anyone. This is about expected and >> model behavior. For reasons that escape me at this point, Hagar was made a >> committer on this project, and that comes with certain expectations. >> Additionally >> there are expectations on how *anyone* subscribed to this mailing list >> SHOULD >> apply >> community documentation as it pertains to website maintenance. That is of >> no >> surprise >> to anyone either. >> >>> suggest that he might need (I quote) "a debilitating illness that >> prevents >>> him from acquiring the requisite skills." If he has not the time or >> the >>> inclination to extend his role, that is sufficient. >> >> It was, at the end of the day, a *challenge* to either accept or pass on. >> Expect >> there to be more of them when others approach this mailing list with bug >> reports >> about web pages, because we want people to use the tools provided by the org >> to >> fix those bugs themselves. Will everyone comply? Of course not. This is >> just >> the first example of that- pity it's coming from a committer. >>
