Hello again. I've never contributed to the Apache Project before, but am a regular user of its tools and love working with it. This March, I will likely be laid off because of the merger between Federated and May companies. I will be given a severance package and have decided that I would like to spend 4-6 months living abroad and contributing to the project. Naturally I wouldn't expect to start out as anything more than a Volunteer, but would appreciate the challenges of a Committer. I'm writing this now because when the time comes, I would like to jump in with a large load, just to keep the momentum going. That means I'd probably start doing some small contributing to a specific sub-project and stick with it.
I've worked for the USPS, the DOD, and now for May/Federated. I'm a BS in Com Sci with a math minor (like I'll ever use that again!), am of the Meyer OOP school, with a clear understanding of j2ee development and N-tier architecture. I can provide my resume to whomever needs it, so just ask. Thanks for your time, and looking forward to hearing from someone, Mariano Hernandez
