Accept warm congratulation from my side also Lorenz. On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 4:28 PM, A. Soroka <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations, Lorenz! > > Thank you for all the work you are putting in to help people. > > --- > A. Soroka > The University of Virginia Library > > > On Nov 2, 2016, at 6:19 AM, Rob Vesse <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > All > > > > > > > > The Apache Jena PMC have inivited Lorenz Buehmann to become a committer > and we are pleased to announce that he has accepted > > > > > > > > We have recognised Lorenz for sterling work he does in answering user > questions and participating in discussions on the mailing lists. He is > always courteous and polite in his responses even when dealing with > questions that may not warrant that politeness. Answering questions and > sharing knowledge are an important part of building a healthy community and > it can often be a time-consuming task so the more people who are willing to > help out the easier it is to share that load. > > > > > > > > Being a committer also enables easier contribution to the project since > there is no need to go via the patch submission process. This should enable > better productivity. Lorenz works regularly with Jena in his day job and > hopes in time to be able to contribute some of that work that is generally > applicable back to the community. > > > > > > > > Committer is also an intermediate step to becoming of the project > management committee who are tasked with managing the project on the half > of the Apache software foundation. If you would like to learn more please > see http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#roles > > > > > > > > Please join us in welcoming Lorenz as a committer. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Rob Vesse > > > >
