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  *    Denis Roy (Eclipse Foundation) - initial API and implementation
  *    Wayne Beaton (Eclipse Foundation) - Bug 407357
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     <h1>Committer Members</h1>
     <p>Before you can become a Committer Member of the Eclipse Foundation,
       you must first become a Committer. While these things may sound
       similar, they are actually quite different.</p>
     <ul class='midlist'>
       <li>
         <p>
           <strong>Committers</strong> are those people who have write
           access to the source repositories and other content on the Eclipse
           Foundation's website. A good description can be found in Exhibit D
           of the <a href="/org/documents/eclipse_membership_agreement.pdf">Eclipse
             Membership Agreement</a>: &quot;<em>In order for an individual to
             become a Committer, another Committer for the project (or
             component) must nominate that individual. Once an individual is
             nominated, the existing Committers for the project (or component)
             will vote using the process and rules established in the
             project&rsquo;s corresponding Charter. When a new project is
             started, the corresponding PMC will nominate an initial set of
             Committers for approval by the Executive Director (or his
             delegates). Becoming a Committer is a privilege that is earned by
             contributing and showing discipline and good judgment. It is a
             responsibility that should be neither given nor taken lightly.</em>&quot;
         </p>
         <p>
           Please see <a href="#becoming-a-committer">Step</a> 1 below for more details.
         </p>
       </li>
       <li>
         <p>
           <strong>Committer Members</strong> are those Committers who
           decide to join the Eclipse Foundation as Members. Note that people
           who work for a Member company who are Committers do not need to join
           as individual Committer Members. They already have all of the rights
           and privileges of a Committer Member. It is also important to
           understand that you do not have to join the Foundation as a
           Committer Member to be a Committer.
         </p>
         <p>
           One of the important benefits of becoming a Committer Member is that
           you are eligible to vote in the elections for the Committer Representatives on
           the Eclipse Board of Directors.
         </p>
       </li>
     </ul>

     <h2 id="becoming-a-committer">Step 1 &mdash; Becoming a Committer</h2>
     <p>If you are interested in becoming a Committer at Eclipse, the first
       and most important question is which project do you want to contribute
       to?</p>
     <ul class='midlist'>
       <li>There are many <a href="http://projects.eclipse.org">projects</a>; you should
         start with the project that is the most interesting and most
         exciting to you.</li>
     </ul>
     <p>Second, a few operational details:</p>
     <ul class='midlist'>
       <li>Please note that the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/">forums</a>
         are a good place to make contact with a project. To request a
         Eclipse Foundation password to post on the forums, report bugs and enter feature requests, please
         go to our <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/site_login/createaccount.php">account
           creation form</a>.
       </li>
       <li>We distinguish between two similar sounding, and related,
         organizations: the Eclipse Foundation is a member-funded
         not-for-profit corporation that supports the Eclipse Open Source
         Projects. The Projects are the open source community where the
         development happens. This distinction is important because you can
         be an active developer and contributor to the open source Projects
         without being a &quot;member&quot; of the Eclipse Foundation. (Most
         of our non-affiliated open source committers are also members of the
         Foundation, but it is not a requirement.) There is no cost to being
         an individual member of the Foundation.</li>
     </ul>
     <p>Third, about becoming a developer and committer on the Eclipse Open
       Projects:</p>
     <ul class='midlist'>
       <li>Becoming a Committer at Eclipse is a multi-stage process. The
         basic rule is that all new committers are voted in by the existing
         committers on a project. Similar to other open source communities,
         we operate as a meritocracy....which among other things translates
         to mean that you have to prove your abilities before you can become
         a committer.<br>
       </li>
       <li>The best way to start contributing to Eclipse is to start with
         well-formed bug reports and feature requests for project(s) that you
         are primarily interested in. Build a good reputation with the
         existing committers on a project. Over time, start proposing code
         enhancements and volunteer time to the project. Then once you have
         demonstrated your skills to the existing team, ask a current project
         committer to sponsor you as a committer. The election process is
         defined in each top-level project's charter.
       </li>
     </ul>
     <h2 id="becoming-committer-member">Step 2 &mdash; Becoming a Committer Member of the Eclipse Foundation</h2>
     <p>
       Once you are a Committer on one or more Eclipse projects, you will
       automatically be considered a Committer Member if you are employed by a
       Member organization of the Foundation. That is, if your company is
       already a Member, then you are automatically a Committer Member.
     </p>
     <p>
       You may also choose to join as a Committer Member even if you are not
       employed by a Member company. To do so, kindly contact <a href="mailto:emo@eclipse.org">emo@eclipse.org</a>
       and ask them to send you the Membership Agreement for electronic
       signature.
     </p>
     <p>
       Once you become a Committer Member, you are eligible to participate in
       the Eclipse Foundation’s General Assembly, to vote for Committer
       representatives on the board of directors, etc. A full list of the
       benefits are available <a href="/membership/#tab-levels">here</a>.
     </p>
   </div>
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	/*******************************************************************************
	* Copyright (c) 2015, 2013 Eclipse Foundation and others.
	* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
	* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
	* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
	* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
	*
	* Contributors:
	* Denis Roy (Eclipse Foundation) - initial API and implementation
	* Wayne Beaton (Eclipse Foundation) - Bug 407357
	*******************************************************************************/

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	<div id="maincontent">
	<div id="midcolumn padding-bottom-30">
	<h1>Committer Members</h1>
	<p>Before you can become a Committer Member of the Eclipse Foundation,
	you must first become a Committer. While these things may sound
	similar, they are actually quite different.</p>
	<ul class='midlist'>
	<li>
	<p>
	<strong>Committers</strong> are those people who have write
	access to the source repositories and other content on the Eclipse
	Foundation's website. A good description can be found in Exhibit D
	of the <a href="/org/documents/eclipse_membership_agreement.pdf">Eclipse
	Membership Agreement</a>: "<em>In order for an individual to
	become a Committer, another Committer for the project (or
	component) must nominate that individual. Once an individual is
	nominated, the existing Committers for the project (or component)
	will vote using the process and rules established in the
	project’s corresponding Charter. When a new project is
	started, the corresponding PMC will nominate an initial set of
	Committers for approval by the Executive Director (or his
	delegates). Becoming a Committer is a privilege that is earned by
	contributing and showing discipline and good judgment. It is a
	responsibility that should be neither given nor taken lightly.</em>"
	</p>
	<p>
	Please see <a href="#becoming-a-committer">Step</a> 1 below for more details.
	</p>
	</li>
	<li>
	<p>
	<strong>Committer Members</strong> are those Committers who
	decide to join the Eclipse Foundation as Members. Note that people
	who work for a Member company who are Committers do not need to join
	as individual Committer Members. They already have all of the rights
	and privileges of a Committer Member. It is also important to
	understand that you do not have to join the Foundation as a
	Committer Member to be a Committer.
	</p>
	<p>
	One of the important benefits of becoming a Committer Member is that
	you are eligible to vote in the elections for the Committer Representatives on
	the Eclipse Board of Directors.
	</p>
	</li>
	</ul>

	<h2 id="becoming-a-committer">Step 1 — Becoming a Committer</h2>
	<p>If you are interested in becoming a Committer at Eclipse, the first
	and most important question is which project do you want to contribute
	to?</p>
	<ul class='midlist'>
	<li>There are many <a href="http://projects.eclipse.org">projects</a>; you should
	start with the project that is the most interesting and most
	exciting to you.</li>
	</ul>
	<p>Second, a few operational details:</p>
	<ul class='midlist'>
	<li>Please note that the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/">forums</a>
	are a good place to make contact with a project. To request a
	Eclipse Foundation password to post on the forums, report bugs and enter feature requests, please
	go to our <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/site_login/createaccount.php">account
	creation form</a>.
	</li>
	<li>We distinguish between two similar sounding, and related,
	organizations: the Eclipse Foundation is a member-funded
	not-for-profit corporation that supports the Eclipse Open Source
	Projects. The Projects are the open source community where the
	development happens. This distinction is important because you can
	be an active developer and contributor to the open source Projects
	without being a "member" of the Eclipse Foundation. (Most
	of our non-affiliated open source committers are also members of the
	Foundation, but it is not a requirement.) There is no cost to being
	an individual member of the Foundation.</li>
	</ul>
	<p>Third, about becoming a developer and committer on the Eclipse Open
	Projects:</p>
	<ul class='midlist'>
	<li>Becoming a Committer at Eclipse is a multi-stage process. The
	basic rule is that all new committers are voted in by the existing
	committers on a project. Similar to other open source communities,
	we operate as a meritocracy....which among other things translates
	to mean that you have to prove your abilities before you can become
	a committer.<br>
	</li>
	<li>The best way to start contributing to Eclipse is to start with
	well-formed bug reports and feature requests for project(s) that you
	are primarily interested in. Build a good reputation with the
	existing committers on a project. Over time, start proposing code
	enhancements and volunteer time to the project. Then once you have
	demonstrated your skills to the existing team, ask a current project
	committer to sponsor you as a committer. The election process is
	defined in each top-level project's charter.
	</li>
	</ul>
	<h2 id="becoming-committer-member">Step 2 — Becoming a Committer Member of the Eclipse Foundation</h2>
	<p>
	Once you are a Committer on one or more Eclipse projects, you will
	automatically be considered a Committer Member if you are employed by a
	Member organization of the Foundation. That is, if your company is
	already a Member, then you are automatically a Committer Member.
	</p>
	<p>
	You may also choose to join as a Committer Member even if you are not
	employed by a Member company. To do so, kindly contact <a href="mailto:emo@eclipse.org">emo@eclipse.org</a>
	and ask them to send you the Membership Agreement for electronic
	signature.
	</p>
	<p>
	Once you become a Committer Member, you are eligible to participate in
	the Eclipse Foundation’s General Assembly, to vote for Committer
	representatives on the board of directors, etc. A full list of the
	benefits are available <a href="/membership/#tab-levels">here</a>.
	</p>
	</div>
	</div>

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