Well done Sharan and Jacques On 30 Mar 2016 10:45 AM, "Sharan-F" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All > > Some great news. Two people from our Community (Jacques Le Roux and myself) > have become Apache Software Foundation members. Membership is by invitation > only so it's a real honour to be invited. > > For those who are not familiar with what an ASF member is β I've copied the > current definition from the ASF site below. > > βAn ASF member is a person who was nominated by current members and elected > due to merit for the evolution and progress of the foundation. Members care > for the ASF itself. This is usually demonstrated through the roots of > project-related and cross-project activities. Legally, a member is a > "shareholder" of the foundation, one of the owners. They have the right to > elect the board, to stand as a candidate for the board election and to > propose a committer for membership. They also have the right to propose a > new project for incubation. The members coordinate their activities through > their mailing list and through their annual meeting. β > > So my congratulations goes out to Jacques (Felicitations!) :-) > > Thanks > Sharan > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/New-ASF-Members-from-the-OFBiz-Community-tp4678581.html > Sent from the OFBiz - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
