Re: Jakarta member seeking ASF membership

2002-10-24 Thread Shane Curcuru
Hmmm. A couple of comments. Have folks here read http://www.apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html yet? If not, you really need to (well, skim it, plus the opening paras on the /foundation/ page). The ASF (Apache Software Foundation) is an 'official' non-profit corporation under Delaware, US laws.

Re: Jakarta member seeking ASF membership

2002-10-24 Thread Morgan Delagrange
--- Shane Curcuru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm. A couple of comments. Very good comments! A few more follow. > Have folks here read > http://www.apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html yet? > If not, you really need to (well, skim it, plus the > opening paras on > the /foundation/ page). > >

Re: Jakarta member seeking ASF membership

2002-10-24 Thread Michael A. Smith
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Morgan Delagrange wrote: > Great! I think one of the simplest ways to alleviate > concerns of Jakarta folks is to foster more > proportionate membership in the ASF, as Roy suggested. > By the way, a certain PMC member (can I say which? :) > has offered to sponsor my applicat

Re: Jakarta member seeking ASF membership

2002-10-23 Thread Costin Manolache
+1 ! While at the moment I don't seek ASF membership, I think it would be excelent if more jakarta commiters who are and have been active in this community send mail to the pmc and ask those who are members for nomination. Costin Morgan Delagrange wrote: > Hi all, > > [from a previous thread

Re: Jakarta member seeking ASF membership

2002-10-23 Thread Morgan Delagrange
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 expe

Re: Jakarta member seeking ASF membership

2002-10-23 Thread Henri Yandell
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

Jakarta member seeking ASF membership

2002-10-23 Thread Morgan Delagrange
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 Fieldi