Also .. this is not a private list .. So of course if you have any doubts - use 
the past private list of addresses to raise any concerns (that will be our 
private@ equivalent for now).

J.


On 2026/05/25 06:05:13 Jarek Potiuk wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I’m forwarding this from our private chat and included the history below so
> we keep everyone’s thoughts in one place.
> 
> I’m excited to share that three wonderful ASF members would like to join
> us: Richard Zowalla, who works on similar initiatives at Fraunhofer; Rémy
> Maucherat, a Tomcat PMC member exploring local LLMs; and Coty Sutherland,
> also from Tomcat and part of their security team.
> 
> They are all fantastic "doers" who truly embody the spirit of our community
> criteria. Since the resolution timeline is tight, I’ll plan to add these
> three gentlemen to the roster unless anyone has concerns. I’ll also check
> in with Sander regarding the final timing.
> 
> Looking forward to growing this together!
> 
> Warmly,
> Jarek
> 
> 
> -------
> 
> Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]>
> Fri, May 22, 5:50 PM (3 days ago)
> to Amogh, Andrew, Vincent, Buğra, Jean-Baptiste, Yeonguk, André, Matt,
> Piotr, Elad, [email protected], Justin, Paul, [email protected],
> [email protected], [email protected], Vincent, Shahar,
> Ismaël, Zili, [email protected], Calvin, Rich, Mike, Craig
> 
> Hello here,
> 
> I do not want to wait for the mailing list to be created (up to 24 hrs), so
> I start important question here.
> 
> Following the (a bit promotional ;) Magpie campaign, I'm starting to get
> questions like, "Can I still join?"
> 
> I will check for any formal constraints on adding new people to the roster
> before voting —specifically, whether action taken before the meeting must
> be strictly based on the submitted resolution, if we can still amend the
> resolution, and whether it will impact the timeline.
> 
> But assuming we can still add people I have at least one new candidate who
> reached out: Richard Zowalla (https://github.com/apache/comdev/pull/2)—whom
> many of you know :)..
> 
> So far I have the following criteria (but I think it's time we discuss
> "our" criteria - likely for the future):
> 
> * People I know who focus on ASF ways and have proven experience in working
> with their PMCs on DevEx, Maintainership and generally "being on the ground"
> 
> * People I personally know who are curious, learning agentic skills and
> starting to use them for their job, but who have also done a lot to spread
> the word, teach, and enthuse others
> 
> * People who have already contributed to Magpie in various ways
> 
> * People in the ASF who actively work (on the ground, not just at the
> decision-making level only) in other similar ASF initiatives. We actively
> want to cooperate with other similar or complementary projects; in fact, we
> already do. I do a lot of exchange and coordination with Andrew here - who
> serves as our "liaison" (I like this word, not sure why)—regarding the "ASF
> tooling team" initiatives; there are many.
> 
> * People who can be our advocates and "agents of change" in their PMCs -
> even if agentic skills are completely new to them - but who deeply
> understand what community over code is and how important human interactions
> are in ASF PMCs,
> 
> * People who contributed ideas and could be our "liaisons" with external
> users—the Python core team and Bartosz, who is a triager (and a godfather
> of the SKILLs approach for Magpie for example). I know he has other
> priorities and many other commitments, so he won't be able to get involved
> much.
> 
> J.
> 
> BTW/. Thanks a lot Calvin and Paul for helping with that. Your emails were
> a fantastic statements of trust and usefulness regarding Magpie, showing
> that we have a very clear mission and understanding of how it can help
> within the ASF and outside. Thanks a lot for that (I will forward them to
> the people who are not ASF members - nothing private in them.
> 
> 
> Yeonguk Choo
> Fri, May 22, 6:31 PM (3 days ago)
> to me, Amogh, Andrew, Vincent, Buğra, Jean-Baptiste, André, Matt, Piotr,
> Elad, [email protected], Justin, Paul, [email protected],
> [email protected], [email protected], Vincent, Shahar,
> Ismaël, Zili, [email protected], Calvin, Rich, Mike, Craig
> 
> Hello, Jarek
> 
> If there are no issues, I’m generally fine with adding new people.
> I’m not an ASF Member, so I may not fully understand the formal constraints
> around forming an initial roster.
> 
> I think it’s still early, but it’s interesting to see people gathering
> around the problem itself rather than the code. That’s been a bit new for
> me, but also quite exciting. This also reminded me of “Community over
> Code.” 😀
> 
> Overall, I support moving forward with people who align with the current
> direction.
> At the same time, I think it would be useful to define some shared criteria
> going forward to maintain consistency as the community grows.
> 
> Best,
> Yeonguk
> 
> 
> 2026년 5월 23일 (토) 오전 12:51, Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]>님이 작성:
> 
> Craig Russell
> Sun, May 24, 4:21 PM (15 hours ago)
> to me, Amogh, Andrew, Vincent, Buğra, Jean-Baptiste, Yeonguk, André, Matt,
> Piotr, Elad, [email protected], Justin, Paul, [email protected],
> [email protected], [email protected], Vincent, Shahar,
> Ismaël, Zili, [email protected], Calvin, Rich, Mike
> 
> The proposed action without a  meeting will need a formal resolution to be
> voted on. Based on comments made at the board meeting, I think there will
> be some tweaks to the resolution. Adding new members to the PMC resolution
> can be done during this editing process.
> 
> The only thing I would be concerned about is only inviting Apache Members
> for now, after consensus among this founding group that the proposed PMC
> Member is worthy. A separate email with an appropriate subject is what is
> needed now.
> 
> After the PMC is established, the PMC itself should discuss adding new
> members. I don't see a need to change the normal process of evaluating
> contributors and voting them as committers and PMC members.
> 
> Magpie can have a policy of having all committers voted as PMC member as
> well, but the rules are that the PMC needs to vote.
> 
> Craig
> Craig L Russell
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
> Jean-Baptiste Onofré
> May 24, 2026, 7:35 PM (12 hours ago)
> to me, Amogh, Andrew, Vincent, Buğra, Jean-Baptiste, Yeonguk, André, Matt,
> Piotr, Elad, [email protected], Justin, Paul, [email protected],
> [email protected], [email protected], Vincent, Shahar,
> Ismaël, Zili, [email protected], Calvin, Rich, Mike, Craig
> 
> Hi
> 
> I don’t mind to update the roster now. We can always invite contributors as
> committers and/or
> PMC member later.
> 
> I don’t think we should have pressure right now as the vote is approaching.
> 
> Just my €0.01.
> 
> Regards
> JB
> 

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