Congratulations Richard, and thank you for all your contributions! Jon
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 9:34 PM Jean-Louis Monteiro < [email protected]> wrote: > The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache TomEE has > invited Richard to become a committer and we are pleased to announce that > he has accepted. > > Richard, a while back (yes I know) when I started contributing and I > eventually got invited to become a committer, David sent a wonderful > message[1] based on the well known proverb "It takes a village ... (to > raise a child)". I can't unfortunately compete with David's phrasing and > wonderful words, but believe me, I wish I could for you. But I'll try to > say it with my simple but honest frenchglish words. > > I'm very proud to be writing this announcement on behalf of the Apache > TomEE PMC. You have been continuously contributing to the project, with > code, documentation, examples and most important, helping out users and > other potential committers. > > You have the Apache way and I'm glad you accepted the invite. > It's our committer responsibility to enable others to contribute and again > I think you have been doing great. > > Being a committer enables easier contribution to the project since there is > no need to go via the patch submission process. This should enable better > productivity. Being a PMC member enables assistance with the management and > to guide the direction of the project. > > > Please join me and send him a warm welcome and thank you. > > > [1] > > http://tomee-openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/It-takes-a-village-Jean-Louis-td988516.html#a988522 > > -- > Jean-Louis Monteiro > http://twitter.com/jlouismonteiro > http://www.tomitribe.com >
