Re: [xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Create a new private list for committers for non public topics + use it for voting committers

Hi, I agree with Caty on this. Voting someone a committer is an important event, it's a acknowledgement of her value by fellow community members. In addition to this, if an existing committer thinks that a proposed new committer does not provide work of a good enough quality to become a committer, I think that it's very important for the existing committer to articulate her judgement so that the potential new committer can improve and try again. In addition to this, it forces existing committers to argue in favor of and stand by their point of view. The same is true when one wants to retire a committer or make her emeritus. If she disagrees, she should be able to debate her point of view in the open. Plus some members of the community outside existing committers might provide valuable feedback about a potential new committer. I also believe that you are raising a non-existing issue. In the 6+ years of existence of the XWiki community and using an open process to vote new committers, I have not heard even once anyone complaining about having an open process. Nor am I aware of any friction caused by this process. If anything, it only strengthens the authenticity and transparency of XWiki's Open-Source community. In contrast to this, having an opaque voting process opens the door to questioning from the outside world (was there backdoor discussions with regards to the vote of X? if not, why was the vote hidden?). Having a fully open public voting process reinforces the trust of every member in the community. Although I agree that security-related issues are a valid exception, I don't think that it's the case for voting new committers. Thus I'm (non-binding) -1 on this new proposal (about which I maybe would not even have been able to talk if that policy was put in place). Guillaume On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < valicac(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: