Re: Planting PEAR seeds - Register to vote in PEAR elections

Hi Joe, Good question - I forgot to mention that all developers (not PEPr accounts) have full voting rights already. Thanks for asking. Greg Joe Stump wrote: > Do I need to create an account if I already have a developer's account? > Or are these new accounts just like mine only with less privs? > > --Joe > > On Dec 12, 2006, at 8:05 PM, Greg Beaver wrote: > >> Recently, I have been extremely active in helping to plan PEAR's future, >> and I have to say if you haven't noticed, things are hopping. Several >> significant contributions have also been made to the effort by >> established developers as well as several new developers who emerged >> from the woodwork. If you wish to see who is doing what, the pear-dev >> mailing list is a good place to start. >> >> I recently blogged[1] about a request I have for you, PEAR's users. >> Please register to vote in PEAR's general election mechanism, and you >> could help decide the future of PEAR. >> >> How, you might ask, do I register to vote? Simple. Go on over to >> http://pear.php.net/account-request-vote.php and fill out >> the simple >> form. It will email you with a confirmation link. Visit this website, >> and you will be able to log in to vote in elections. >> >> The first election will be to choose between several bug trackers, and I >> anticipate that the next will be to choose which of several possible >> directions PEAR could take is most important to you, so these are major >> decisions. If you use PHP, and want to see the standard package >> repository fit your needs, you will want to take a moment to register to >> vote. Registration is open all of the time, but you can only vote in >> active elections - once it's closed, you can't vote. >> >> Register to vote, and tell your friends and colleagues that if they want >> to see their PHP life get even easier to do the same and have a voice in >> PEAR's future. Feel free to use the blog post as a template for blog >> posts/mailing list emails/whatever. >> >> Thanks, >> Greg >> >> [1] >> >> http://greg.chiaraquartet.net/archives/155-Planting-PEAR-seeds-you-can-decide-PEARs-future.html >> >> >> --PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >