new committer criteria

[Imran Rashid <im...@therashids.com>]

Hi all,

We've been considering changing criteria for being a committer (
http://s.apache.org/VFw), but I don't think there are any conclusions yet.
I had proposed eliminating (or at least weakening) this requirement:

> ...have contributed at least one major component where they have taken an
> "ownership" role. An ownership role means that existing contributors feel
> that they should run patches for this component by this person.
>
> do we have any other ideas on what the new criteria should be?

I realize it might be hard to nail down what the criteria are very
precisely; alternatively we could just start nominating individuals that
are good candidates, and see what sticks.  I can think of a few more
community members that might make the cut -- some that I think are almost
definitely in, others that it kinda depends where we draw the line.

thank,
Imran