[General] Initial draft of committer policy

[Philippe Bossut]

Ted Leung wrote:
> The use of the private list is to avoid discussing issues about people 
> in the public forum, especially if it is decided that the person 
> either will not be granted commit privileges or that they need more 
> time to work in the project before being granted commit status.  
>  Also, the usual pathway is that an existing committer proposes that a 
> contributor be granted access as opposed to the contributor making 
> that request.  
This looks identical to a co-optation system as used in various 
scientific and literary groups and communities. Why not call it that way 
then? IOW, what the downside of skipping the public voting entirely 
since it's a formality?

Cheers,
- Philippe