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Author: buildbot
Date: Wed Sep 28 01:22:26 2016
New Revision: 998435

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@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ sensible when writing.</p>
 lists - but they are all volunteers.  Being respectful of the time and 
 culture of others on the list is a key start to making productive contributions.</p>
 <h1 id="member">One Member's Participation Guidelines<a class="headerlink" href="#member" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
-<p>The ASF is run by several hundred Members, who have deep and lasting experience 
+<p>The ASF as a corporation is run by several hundred Members, who have deep and lasting experience 
 in helping to build and run long-term successful open source projects here 
 at Apache.  This is just one member's take on how to approach 
-communicating in an Apache project.</p>
-<p><strong>First a few general guidelines</strong></p>
+communicating in any particular Apache project.</p>
+<p><strong>Some General Guidelines</strong></p>
 <ul>
 <li>
 <p>Assume that the other party agrees more than disagrees with you. We
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ above (a-d) that are failing, or that th
 aspect higher than you do. Sometimes, this requires compromises, sometimes
 not and the different priorities can co-exist.</p>
 </li>
+<li>
+<p>Remember that everyone works on Apache projects as a volunteer.
+People have jobs and lives outside of their Apache projects, and may need 
+more time to even read messages on the list or respond.  Be patient.</p>
+</li>
 </ul>
 <p><strong>Most communities at Apache consists of level-headed, reasonable people</strong>, who
 have a strong vested interest in their Apache project. This interest, often
@@ -246,13 +251,16 @@ presentation of what he/she is doing, to
 might not be needed either. Once we have a face to the words, and a general
 idea how that person is socially, we are much more capable to interact by
 email.</p>
-<p>Note that project <em>decisions</em> should always be made on mailing lists.<br />
+<p><strong>Project decisions must always be made on mailing lists</strong>.<br />
 It's great to have a synchronous online chat to work through some questions, but 
 be sure to bring the results of the chat - and any proposals for the 
 project community to consider - back to the mailing list.  People who 
-weren't able to attend the chat or call might also have ideas on the topic.</p>
+weren't able to attend the chat or call might also have ideas on the topic.
+Be sure to allow at least 72 hours for others to read the proposals and 
+comment before closing out the issue.</p>
 <h1 id="other">Other Apache Etiquette Guidelines<a class="headerlink" href="#other" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
 <ul>
+<li><a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html">Official Apache-wide Code of Conduct</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/contrib-email-tips">Email Etiquette Guidelines - writing good emails</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">How To Ask Smart Questions</a></li>
 <li><a href="http://community.apache.org/committers/consensusBuilding.html">Building Consensus in a community</a></li>