Github user alanfgates commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-apex-site/pull/22#discussion_r56535096
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+#*** draft subject to top level project approval ***
+#Apache Apex Project Bylaws
+
+This document defines the bylaws under which the Apache Apex project
operates. It
+defines the roles and responsibilities of the project, who may vote, how
voting works,
+how conflicts are resolved, etc.
+
+Apex is a project of the <a class="externalLink" href=
+"http://www.apache.org/foundation/";>Apache Software Foundation</a>. The
Foundation
+holds the copyright on Apache code including the code in the Apex
codebase. The
+<a class="externalLink"
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html";>Foundation
+FAQ</a> explains the operation and background of the foundation.
+
+Apex is typical of Apache projects in that it operates under a set of
principles,
+known collectively as the "Apache Way". If you are new to Apache
+development, please refer to the <a class="externalLink" href=
+"http://incubator.apache.org/";>Incubator project</a> for more information
on how Apache
+projects operate.
+
+##Roles and Responsibilities
+
+Apache projects define a <a class="externalLink" href=
+"http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#roles";>set of
roles</a> with
+associated rights and responsibilities. These roles govern what tasks an
individual
+may perform within the project. The roles are defined in the following
sections:
+
+###Users
+
+The most important participants in the project are people who use our
software.
+The majority of our developers start out as users and guide their
development
+efforts from the user’s perspective.
+
+Users contribute to the Apache projects by providing feedback to
developers in
+the form of bug reports and feature suggestions. As well, users
participate in the
+Apache community by helping other users on mailing lists and user support
+forums.
+
+###Contributors
+
+All of the volunteers who are contributing time, code, documentation, or
+resources to the Apex Project. A contributor that makes sustained, welcome
+contributions to the project may be invited to become a Committer, though
the exact
+timing of such invitations depends on many factors.
+
+###Committers
+
+The project’s Committers are responsible for the project’s
technical
+management. All committers have write access to the project’s source
+repositories. Committers may cast binding votes on any technical discussion
+regarding the project.
+
+Committer access is by invitation only and must be approved by lazy
consensus of
+the active PMC members. A Committer may request removal of their commit
privileges
+by their own declaration. A committer will be considered
+“emeritus/inactive” by not contributing in any form to the
project for
+over 1 year. An emeritus committer may request reinstatement of commit
access from
+the PMC. Such reinstatement is subject to lazy consensus of active PMC
members
+
+Commit access can be revoked by a unanimous vote of all the active PMC
members
+(except the committer in question if they are also a PMC member).
+
+All Apache committers are required to have a signed Contributor License
+Agreement (<a class="externalLink" href=
+"http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt";>CLA</a>) on file with the Apache
Software
+Foundation. There is a <a class="externalLink" href=
+"http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html";>Committer FAQ</a> which
provides more
+details on the requirements for Committers
+
+A committer who makes a sustained contribution to the project may be
invited to
+become a member of the PMC. The form of contribution is not limited to
code. It can
+also include code review, helping out users on the mailing lists,
documentation,
+etc.
+
+
+###Project Management Committee
+
+The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache Apex was created by a
+resolution of the board of the Apache Software Foundation on ***TBD***. The
+PMC is responsible to the board and the ASF for the management and
oversight of the
+Apache Apex codebase. The responsibilities of the PMC include:
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I would change this to "community" instead of codebase. The PMC is
responsible for the whole community operations (like who are committers) not
just for the code.
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