I'm aware of the wall of text at contributor-agreements, but from what I've 
seen there is another short version that people are using that contains the 
specific text:

Hello Apache,   
   I am willing to contribute to the ASF. The attachment is my ICLA 
information. My Github account is :

Any ideas where this is coming from? I think that is the place we need to 
enhance.

Thanks,
Craig

> On Mar 20, 2024, at 21:52, Xuanwo <xua...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Firstly, we can enhance the document at 
> https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html by adding clearer 
> instructions on how to complete the forms. I'm ready to tackle this task. 
> Where can I find the repository to get started?
> 
> Then, I believe the mentors should be responsible for guiding new initial 
> committers 
> on how to correctly fill out the ICLA forms.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, at 12:20, Craig Russell wrote:
>> I have seen several instances where initial committers send ICLAs to 
>> secretary with this text:
>> 
>> Hello Apache,   
>>    I am willing to contribute to the ASF. The attachment is my ICLA 
>> information. My Github account is :
>> 
>> This is bad. Most of the ICLAs do not have sufficient information to 
>> allow secretary to process the forms and create the new accounts.
>> 
>> Where is this information? How can we improve it so that submitters include:
>> 
>> full residence address
>> full name
>> proper requested ASF id
>> podling name
>> signature (not script font)
>> date
>> 
>> We really can do better, but we have to have better documentation.
>> 
>> Craig L Russell
>> c...@apache.org
>> 
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