Now that my mail is finally back, +1 to both :)
On 23/10/2006, at 7:42 PM, David Blevins wrote:
Hello OpenEJBers,
We've had a couple people doing some great work who I think are
"over the hump" and have shown some great mailing list, jira, and
coding stills.
Rick McGuire has done some outstanding work on CORBA. CORBA is
Rick's baby now. He's always been a strong coder, but most
recently he's shown some great skills discussing his OpenEJB
changes on the openejb-dev list and using the OpenEJB Jira. It's
very hard to demonstrate collaborative development skills on
something that few people are interested in (CORBA), but Rick's
done a great job with that challenge by posting to the list and
giving people the opportunity to participate in the fun. I think
he'd make an excellent addition to the OpenEJB family.
My +1 for Rick!
Mohammad Nour El-Din has impressed me greatly. He started out
super excited (and still is) and absolutely determined to
contribute. I've seen a lot of people like that over the years
never seem to reach the point of getting that fist patch. Mohammad
never gave up, stayed positive and finally got over that hump.
He's been a steady source of contributions since then. He's
contributed quite a bit on the itests for EJB 3.0, which is
something we need greatly. I'm sure he'll continue to impress us
with his growth and dedication and I think we're lucky to have him
in the OpenEJB family.
My +1 for Mohammad!
I think these two have each had their own challenges and overcome
them and continue to improve all the time. I've certainly made a
conscious effort to help them be better contributors. If you feel
they are not yet ready in some way, that is completely ok; these
are good guys and they'll listen to your feedback. If that's the
case, I encourage you to reach your hand out and help them over the
hump, cause that's the kind of family we are.
Very best regards,
David Blevins
