[DRAFT] call for new board members

[Bhavani Shankar R]

Hi Allison,

I have roughly looked through and please find my comments in line

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Allison Randal <allison at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> I've drafted a recruiting message to send to ubuntu-devel. I set the date
> for contacting us as Sept 5th, partly so we can get the process rolling by
> Sept 13, but also partly so we have an idea how easy/difficult it will be to
> find new recruits when we talk to the CC on Sept 6th.
>
> Let me know what you think. I'd like to send this out by this Wednesday, so
> people have a full week to think about it and volunteer.
>

Draft looks fine for me although some minor doubts

>
> ===================================================
> It's time for a recruiting round for the Application Review Board, as the
> terms of several of the original members will come to an end on Sept 13th.
> If you're interested, please send a quick email to the team mailing list
> (app-review-board at lists.ubuntu.com) by Sept 5th, and we'll walk you through
> the details of signing up. You need to be an Ubuntu Developer to qualify,
> and will need an endorsement from at least one other Ubuntu Developer.
>

Ubuntu developer means in a broadsense MOTU/Core Dev for me

> You'll find more details on what it means to be an ARB member and the
> process of adding new members to the team at:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviewBoard/Responsibilities
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviewBoard/Restaffing
>
> Full disclosure: we're currently wading our way through a backlog of ~200
> package submissions from the recent wildly successful Ubuntu App Showdown.
> You can see the full list at:
>
> https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/dev/arb/
>
> There's substantial interest in automating as much of the review process as
> possible, so beyond general packaging skills and an interest in training new
> developers, ideal candidates would have some interest/experience in things
> like creating new lintian checks, generating apparmor profiles, or otherwise
> improving the tools to assist package reviews. Experience in MOTU, Core Dev,
> Archive Admin, Backports, DMB, or Debian Developer/Maintainer would be
> considered a plus, but not required.

MOTU/Core Dev is covered by the Ubuntu developer blanket I think.

>
> Let us know if you have any questions,

Draft looks great for me here

> Allison
>

Thanks and regards,

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Bhavani Shankar
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