Just as existing committers VOTE to add new committers, ASF Members do the same.
So my 2 cents, If you wish to effect change, lobby/hint someone you know that you are interested (see list at http://www.apache.org/foundation/members.html) as there are periodic VOTE's (there was one during last ApacheCon). Thanks, dims --- "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > >So, again what is the board, why do I need it, are they going to make > me > >more productive, did anyone received some dev tool? > >There is a PayPal account. Where is the money? > > I'm not a Board member, but AFAIK most of the above money questions are > answered at http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html. It's in > the technical infrastructure that transfers this message, hosts our CVS > and downloads, etc. Board members don't get paid and are all working > developers. They're elected by Members of the ASF as explained in > http://www.apache.org/foundation/. > > They make all of us more productive (and have been doing so for years) > by providing the technical infrastructure described above. > > I don't agree with all their policies and recommendations, especially > the recent ones on removing author tags and not including 3rd party > jars. But by and large I think they're doing and have done a good job, > have not muddled in individual projects, and their success is evident > from the status of the ASF as the leading provider of open source > software. > > Yoav Shapira > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, > and may > contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This > e-mail is > intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, > copied, > printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended > recipient, please > immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. > Thank you. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
