updates based on feedback from docschick and bcoca.

docsite/rst/committer_guidelines.rst

@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@ These guidelines apply to everyone. At the same time, this ISN’T a process doc
 
 That said, use the trust wisely. 
 
-If you abuse the trust and break components and builds, or waste a lot of time asking people to review incomplete or untested pull requests, the trust level falls and you may be asked not to commit or you may lose access to do so.
+If you abuse the trust and break components and builds, etc., the trust level falls and you may be asked not to commit or you may lose access to do so.
 
 Features, High Level Design, and Roadmap
 ========================================
 
-As a core team member you will be part of the team that actually develops the roadmap! So be engaged and push for what you want. However, Red Hat as a company will commit to certain features, fixes, APIs, etc. for various releases. The company and the Ansible team still has to get those done and out the door. Obligations to users, the community, and customers come first. Because of that, a feature you may want to develop yourself may not get into a release if it impacts a lot of other parts of Ansible.  
+As a core team member, you are an integral part of the team that develops the roadmap. Please be engaged, and push for the features and fixes that you want to see. Also keep in mind that Red Hat, as a company, will commit to certain features, fixes, APIs, etc. for various releases. Red Hat, the company, and the Ansible team must get these committed features (etc.) completed and released as scheduled. Obligations to users, the community, and customers must come first. Because of thse commitments, a feature you want to develop yourself many not get into a release if it impacts a lot of other parts within Ansible.
 
-Any other new features and changes to high level design should go through the proposal process (TBD), to ensure the community and core team have had a chance to review the idea and approve it. The core team will have sole responsibility for merging new features based on proposals.
+Any other new features and changes to high level design should go through the proposal process (TBD), to ensure the community and core team have had a chance to review the idea and approve it. The core team has sole responsibility for merging new features based on proposals.
 
 Our Workflow on GitHub
 ======================
 
 As a committer, you may already know this, but our workflow forms a lot of our team policies. Please ensure you’re aware of the following workflow steps:
 
-* Fork the repository upon which you want to do some work
+* Fork the repository upon which you want to do some work to your own personal repository
 * Work on the specific branch upon which you need to commit
-* Create a Pull Request and tag the people you would like to review; assign someone as the primary “owner” of your request
+* Create a Pull Request back to the Ansible repository and tag the people you would like to review; assign someone as the primary “owner” of your request
 * Adjust code as necessary based on the Comments provided
 * Ask someone on the Core Team to do a final review and merge
 
@@ -39,26 +39,26 @@ Roles on Core
 
 General Rules
 =============
-Individuals with direct commit access to ansible/ansible (+core, + extras) are entrusted with powers that allow them to do a broad variety of things--probably more than we can write down. Rather than a list of what you *can* do, this is a list of what you *should not* do and, in lieu of anything else, individuals with this power are expected to use their best judgement. 
+Individuals with direct commit access to ansible/ansible (+core, + extras) are entrusted with powers that allow them to do a broad variety of things--probably more than we can write down. Rather than rules, treat these as general *guidelines*, individuals with this power are expected to use their best judgement. 
 
 * Don’t commit directly.
-* PRs that have tests will be looked at with more priority than PRs without tests. Of course not all changes require tests, but for bug fixes or functionality changes, please add tests.
+* Don't omit tests. PRs with tests are looked at with more priority than PRs without tests that should have them included. While not all changes require tests, be sure to add them for bug fixes or functionality changes.
-* Documentation. If your PR is new feature or a change to behavior, make sure you’ve updated associated documentation or notified the right people to do so. It also helps to add the version of Core against which this documentation is compatible (to avoid confusion with stable versus devel docs, for backwards compatibility, etc.).
+* Don't forget the docs! If your PR is a new feature or a change to behavior, make sure you've updated all associated documentation or have notified the right people to do so. It also helps to add the version of Core against which this documentation is compatible (to avoid confusion with stable versus devel docs, for backwards compatibility, etc.).
-* Someone else should merge your pull requests. If you are a Core Committer you have leeway here for minor changes.
+* Don't merge your own PRs. Someone else should have a chance to review and approve the PR merge. If you are a Core Committer, you have a small amount of leeway here for very minor changes.
-* After a merge clean up dead forks/branches. Don’t leave a mess hanging around.
 * Consider backwards compatibility (don’t break existing playbooks).
-* Consider alternate environments (yes, people have bad environments, but they are the ones that need us the most).
+* Don't forget about alternate environments. Consider the alternatives--yes, people have bad environments, but they are the ones who need us the most.
-* Always discuss the technical merits, never address the person’s limitations (you can later go for beers and call them idiots, but not in IRC/Github/etc).
+* Don't drag your community team members down. Always discuss the technical merits, but you should never address the person’s limitations (you can later go for beers and call them idiots, but not in IRC/Github/etc.).
-* Consider the maintenance burden, some things are cool to have, but might not be worth shoehorning in.
+* Don't forget about the maintenance burden. Some things are really cool to have, but they might not be worth shoehorning in if the maintenance burden is too great.
-* Complexity breeds all kinds of problems, so keep it simple.
+* Don't break playbooks. Always keep backwards compatibility in mind.
-* Lastly, comitters that have no activity on the project (merges, triage, commits, etc) will have permissions suspended.
+* Don't forget to keep it simple. Complexity breeds all kinds of problems.
+* Don't forget to be active. Committers who have no activity on the project (through merges, triage, commits, etc.) will have their permissions suspended.
 
 Committers are expected to continue to follow the same community and contribution guidelines followed by the rest of the Ansible community. 
 
 
 People
 ======
-Individuals who have been asked to become part of this group have generally been contributing in significant ways to the Ansible community for some time. Should they agree, they are requested to add their names & github IDs to this file below via pull request, indicating that they agree to act in the ways that their fellow committers trust that they will act. 
+Individuals who've been asked to become a part of this group have generally been contributing in significant ways to the Ansible community for some time. Should they agree, they are requested to add their names and GitHub IDs to this file, in the section below, via a pull request. Doing so indicates that these individuals agree to act in the ways that their fellow committers trust that they will act.
 
 * James Cammarata (RedHat/Ansible)
 * Brian Coca (RedHat/Ansible)