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A list of the current members of the committers group can be seen at VIVO Committers.
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Rights and
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Responsibilities of a Committer
Being a committer means participating in the evolution of the VIVO platform, typically by making changes to the source code, improving documentation, or managing the integration of contributions made by the community at large. But, it also means having a voice and an official vote on technical, administrative and release management issues, providing your expertise and guidance on the lists, organizing testing, etc.
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Becoming a committer means that you have a voice and an official vote on decisions around the evolution of the VIVO platform. It also gives you an opportunity to develop leadership skills in a friendly, open source community.
End of Service
A VIVO committer may remove themself from the committer group at any time by sending an email to the committer mailing list indicating as much.
Additionally, if an existing VIVO committer has not performed any of the above "Responsibilities" for a period of four months or more, a representative of the committer team should send an email (cc'ing the committer mailing list) to the absent committer inquiring whether they would prefer to end their service. If no response is received from this email and a year passes, the absent committer may be removed from the committer group.
Committer Requirements
Although there are no explicit requirements to become a committer, generally we look for someone who has shown initiative and/or has been an active participant in the VIVO Community. Participation may be in the form of actively helping people on mailing lists, submitting code patches/features, presenting on VIVO at conferences, leading workshops, or generally volunteering time to help with any VIVO initiative.
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