Hello all,

I would like to propose Tim Golden as a Python committer. He has been involved in Python for many years, is a capable Windows guy, and has submitted many patches / documentation fixes - particularly for Windows issues.

He may need a mentor, but here are many issues that he has contributed patches for:

 * Tests for test.support.unlink on windows) 

http://bugs.python.org/issue7443 (open) * mmap patch here: http://bugs.python.org/issue2733 (open) * subprocess patch here: http://bugs.python.org/issue2304 (open) * bdb documentation http://bugs.python.org/issue1136 (committed) * print media stylesheet for Sphinx docs http://bugs.python.org/issue1555 (committed) * distutil.test_util issue http://bugs.python.org/issue5472 (committed) * multiprocessing build fix http://bugs.python.org/issue3050 (committed) * Windows msi missing file http://bugs.python.org/issue5470 (committed) * msi.py copies non-existent files http://bugs.python.org/issue5721 (committed) * with lock fails on multiprocessing http://bugs.python.org/issue5261 (committed) * _winreg remaining in test_winsound http://bugs.python.org/issue8385 (committed)

I skipped a bunch of further committed docs patches. I've known Tim for a while (although not well) and consider him an easy to get on with and straightforward guy. Having contributed patches for so long I'm sure he knows our processes well.

At the very least we should grant Tim tracker privileges as he frequently responds to issues.

All the best,

Michael Foord