Not to steal you from the Struts effort but if your are interested in JSF the MyFaces team is allways looking for volunteers as well. Checkout http://myfaces.apache.org and read up on some of the information related to contributed. We also have a Wiki with current needs.
sean On 9/14/05, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mario, contributing to Open Source can be exciting and frustrating at > the same time. I'm happy that you've decided to volunteer your time. > > I would say your best bet is to decide on what you'd like to do. This > should be something that interests you, which, typically, would be > something you are having to do at work for work, but that's not always > the case. > > If you aren't sure where you want to help out, a good place to start > would be to help out with documentation. This is often the area that is > lacking in *many* open source projects. Of if you want write some code > and not docs, you could add to or improve the projects test coverage. > > There are many ways to help. No need to send a resume. Your work is > your resume, a thriving community is your salary, and any "thank you" > from a user is your bonus. > > Welcome to Apache! > > > -- > James Mitchell > Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist > Consulting / Mentoring / Freelance > EdgeTech, Inc. > http://www.edgetechservices.net/ > 678.910.8017 > AIM: jmitchtx > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: callto://jmitchtx > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
