The Eclipse Foundation Development Process, and all Eclipse open source projects by extension, work on three principles that we refer to as the Open Source Rules of Engagement which states that Eclipse open source projects must operate in an open, transparent, and meritocratic manner.
As part of this, elections of both committers and project leads must include a demonstration of merit. Specifically, the nomination statement for an election should provide examples of how the candidate has demonstrated an understanding of the role they're being elected to. This demonstration is for both the project team and for the community.
Describing what the candidate does or will do within the context of the project is not enough. Please provide links that prove it.
Here are some useful links regarding Committer elections:
I've noticed you recently started 2 elections without properly addressing this matter:
- Matthias Twardawski on Eclipse openDuT
- Anna Völker on Eclipse openDuT
If these candidates are ready to be committers, then it should be easy for you to find some examples of contributions to cite in a merit statement. If there is no public record to cite, then it should be relatively easy for candidate committers to make some meaningful contributions via pull requests that you can cite when you rerun the election later.
I suggest deleting this election record and invite the project team to restart the election. We'll give the project team and PMC an opportunity to review and respond.
Kind regards,
Maria Teresa Delgado
-- The Eclipse
Management Organization | Eclipse Foundation
