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Posted to commits@accumulo.apache.org by ct...@apache.org on 2014/03/20 20:40:05 UTC

svn commit: r1579722 - /accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext

Author: ctubbsii
Date: Thu Mar 20 19:40:05 2014
New Revision: 1579722

URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1579722
Log:
Use generic pronouns rather than gender-specific ones.

Modified:
    accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext

Modified: accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext?rev=1579722&r1=1579721&r2=1579722&view=diff
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--- accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext (original)
+++ accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext Thu Mar 20 19:40:05 2014
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ All of the volunteers who are contributi
 
 ## Committers
 
-The project's committers are responsible for the project's technical management. Committers have write access to the project's code repositories and may cast binding votes on any technical discussion regarding Accumulo. Committer access is by invitation only and must be approved by consensus approval of the active PMC members. Upon acceptance of the invitation to become a committer, it is the accepting member’s responsibility to update his/her status on the Accumulo web page accordingly.
+The project's committers are responsible for the project's technical management. Committers have write access to the project's code repositories and may cast binding votes on any technical discussion regarding Accumulo. Committer access is by invitation only and must be approved by consensus approval of the active PMC members. Upon acceptance of the invitation to become a committer, it is the accepting member’s responsibility to update their status on the Accumulo web page accordingly.
 
-A committer is considered emeritus, meaning inactive, by his or her own declaration or by not reviewing patches or committing patches to the project for over six months. Emeritus members will be recognized by the PMC on the Accumulo web page, in honor of their past contributions. Emeritus members retain all voting and commit rights associated with their former designation and can move themselves out of emeritus status by sending an announcement of their return to the developer mailing list. It will be the returning member's responsibility to update his/her status on the web page accordingly.
+A committer is considered emeritus, meaning inactive, by their own declaration or by not reviewing patches or committing patches to the project for over six months. Emeritus members will be recognized by the PMC on the Accumulo web page, in honor of their past contributions. Emeritus members retain all voting and commit rights associated with their former designation and can move themselves out of emeritus status by sending an announcement of their return to the developer mailing list. It will be the returning member's responsibility to update their status on the web page accordingly.
 
 An emeritus committer’s commit access may be disabled as part of routine security. Access shall not be removed without notifying the committer, and access shall be maintained if the committer wishes to leave it active. A committer’s commit access shall be reactivated upon the committer’s request to the PMC.
 
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ The responsibilities of the PMC include:
 
 In particular, PMC members must understand both our project's criteria and ASF criteria for voting on a [release](http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#management).
 
-Membership of the PMC is by invitation only and must be approved by a consensus approval of active PMC members. Upon acceptance of the invitation to become a PMC member, it is the accepting member’s responsibility to update his/her status on the Accumulo web page accordingly.
+Membership of the PMC is by invitation only and must be approved by a consensus approval of active PMC members. Upon acceptance of the invitation to become a PMC member, it is the accepting member’s responsibility to update their status on the Accumulo web page accordingly.
 
-A PMC member is considered emeritus, meaning inactive, by his or her own declaration or by not contributing in any form to the project for over six months. Emeritus members will be recognized by the PMC on the Accumulo web page, in honor of their past contributions. Emeritus members retain all voting and commit rights associated with their former designation and can move themselves out of emeritus status by sending an announcement of their return to the developer mailing list. It will be the returning member's responsibility to update his/her status on the web page accordingly.
+A PMC member is considered emeritus, meaning inactive, by their own declaration or by not contributing in any form to the project for over six months. Emeritus members will be recognized by the PMC on the Accumulo web page, in honor of their past contributions. Emeritus members retain all voting and commit rights associated with their former designation and can move themselves out of emeritus status by sending an announcement of their return to the developer mailing list. It will be the returning member's responsibility to update their status on the web page accordingly.
 
 The chair of the PMC is appointed by the ASF board. The chair is an office holder of the Apache Software Foundation (Vice President, Apache Accumulo) and has primary responsibility to the board for the management of the projects within the scope of the Accumulo PMC. The chair reports to the board quarterly on developments within the Accumulo project.
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ There are the types of approvals that ca
 
 A valid, binding veto cannot be overruled. If a veto is cast, it must be accompanied by a valid reason explaining the veto. The validity of a veto, if challenged, can be confirmed by anyone who has a binding vote. This does not necessarily signify agreement with the veto, but merely that the veto is valid.
 
-If you disagree with a valid veto, you must lobby the person casting the veto to withdraw his or her veto. If a veto is not withdrawn, the action that has been vetoed must be reversed in a timely manner.
+If you disagree with a valid veto, you must lobby the person casting the veto to withdraw their veto. If a veto is not withdrawn, the action that has been vetoed must be reversed in a timely manner.
 
 ## Actions