This is an email template to announce a new member of the DSpace Committers group, meant to be sent to go to all major DSpace lists -- dspace-community, dspace-tech & dspace-devel

Subject: "Welcome to the latest DSpace committer: [name]"

Dear DSpace Community,
 
The DSpace Committers are delighted to announce a new member to the team: [name] from [institution]. Please join us in welcoming [him/her]!
 
[ADD INFO ABOUT COMMITTER CONTRIBUTIONS, BACKGROUND, ETC]
 
We are always on the lookout for new developers, contributors, and committers within the DSpace community. Anyone who would like to get more involved is encouraged to join our weekly developer meetings.

Contributions can take many forms, from writing code to editing documentation, or testing new releases, to improving the theme/usability of our user interface. For more information, see our guide to contributing to DSpace:

https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/How+to+Contribute+to+DSpace

If you or someone you know has been an active DSpace contributor for some time, you can also nominate that person to become our next committer! Nomination details are available at:
 
https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Committer+Nominations

Thanks,
 
The DSpace Committers Group