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Reword contributors page and update links
This patch adds clarifications and updates links around the contributors page. Author: Melanie Plageman <[email protected]>
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templates/contributors/list.html

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<h1>Contributor Profiles <i class="fa fa-users"></i></h1>
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<p>These are the fine people that make PostgreSQL what it is today!</p>
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<p>To suggest additions to the list, please email
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
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<p>To suggest additions to this list, please email the
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<a href="/about/governance/contributors/">Contributors Committee</a> at
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
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See the <a href="/about/policies/contributors/">Recognized Contributors</a>
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policy for more information on becoming a recognized contributor.
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</p>
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<p>
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Existing contributors can update their information in their
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<a href="/account/profile/">user profile</a>.
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</p>

templates/pages/about/governance/contributors.html

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who decides on the status of each Contributor, or potential Contributor,
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on an individual basis. Decisions are made in accordance with the
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<a href="/about/policies/contributors/">Recognized Contributors</a> policy.
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The decision of the committee is final unless overridden by the
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Core Team. The Contributor Committee strives to meet regularly to
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discuss the current pool of candidates. The
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<a href="/community/contributors/">Contributor Profiles</a> page is
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updated promptly after any decisions are made with respect to additions
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or changes.
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The current method of choosing who qualifies as a Contributor is via simple
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majority vote of those on the committee. The decision of the committee is
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final unless overridden by the Core Team.
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</p>
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<p>
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The size and membership of the Committee is self determined,
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but ratified by a simple majority vote of the Core Team. Generally
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the goal is that there be a minimum of three people, with no single
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company employing a majority of the committee membership.
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The size and membership of the Committee is self determined,
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but ratified by a simple majority vote of the Core Team. Generally
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the goal is that there be a minimum of three people, with no single
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company employing a majority of the committee membership.
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The Contributor Committee strives to meet regularly to
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discuss the current pool of candidates. The
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<a href="/community/contributors/">Contributor Profiles</a> page is
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updated promptly after any decisions are made with respect to additions
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or changes.
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</p>
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{%endblock%}

templates/pages/about/policies/contributors.html

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<h1>Recognized Contributors <i class="fas fa-gavel"></i></h1>
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<p>
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The PostgreSQL <a href="/community/contributors/">Contributor Profiles</a> page
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includes people who have made substantial, long-term contributions of time
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and effort to the PostgreSQL project. One-time-only or short-term contributions
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are not usually considered adequate for listing, unless they involve quite large
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amounts of code and time. Financial contributions get listed on the
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The PostgreSQL <a href="/community/contributors/">Contributor Profiles</a>
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page includes people who have made substantial, long-term contributions of
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time and effort to the PostgreSQL project. One-time-only or short-term
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contributions are not usually considered adequate for listing, unless they
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involve quite large amounts of code and time. For a list of all code
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contributions to a specific release, see the
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<a href="/docs/release/">Release Notes</a> for released versions of
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PostgreSQL.
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</p>
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<p>
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Financial contributions get listed on the
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<a href="/about/sponsors/">Sponsors</a> pages, not here.
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</p>
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period of time.
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<ul>
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<li>Hackers Emeritus - past Core Team members</li>
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<li>Past Contributors - all past Contributors (Major or otherwise)</li>
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<li><strong>Past Major Contributors</strong>: previous Major Contributors and
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previous Core Team members</li>
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<li><strong>Past Contributors</strong>: previous Contributors</li>
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<h2>Types of Contributions</h2>
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#postgresql IRC channel, Postgres slack channel, Stack Overflow
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p> If there is a type of contribution that you feel should be listed here or
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expanded upon, email
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>Committee Governance</h2>
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<h2>Contributors Committee Governance</h2>
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<p>
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The current method of choosing who qualifies as a Contributor is via
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simple majority vote of those on the committee. The size and membership
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of the Committee is self determined, but ratified by a simple majority
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vote of the Core Team. Generally the goal is that there be a minimum of
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three people, with no single company employing a majority of the
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committee membership.
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The governance of the
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<a href="/about/governance/contributors/">Contributors Committee</a> is
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described on the <a href="/about/governance/contributors/">Contributors Committee</a>
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page.
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<h2>Nominating New Recognized Contributors</h2>
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<p>
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If there is a PostgreSQL contributor who you think is making sustained
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contributions of the type described here, email a description of their
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contributions to
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.
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</p>
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