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Offers of committership are extended by the existing uPortal committer community by vote on the email list for discussion of uPortal developers. Under Apache tradition, 3 "+1" votes no "-1" votes required for a committership vote to pass, any -1 votes require a detailed statement as to why the -1 vote was cast. The vote remains open for at least 72 hours and only votes from other committers are binding, though votes from anyone on the uportal-dev list are taken seriously on an advisory basis.
Unlicensed user Eric Dalquist is the current point of contact for the logistics of creating a new committer, obtaining access to SVN, etc.
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