How can I become a committer
First of all you need to get involved and Contribute via the mail list, forums, edit the documentation, work on the issue tracker and submit patches.
Once you’re contributing and your work is good, one of our Team may invite you to be a committer (after we’ve called a vote). When that happens, if you accept, the following process kicks into place…
Note that becoming a committer is not just about submitting some patches; its also about helping out on the development and user Discussion Forums, helping with documentation and the issue tracker.
When you have done that for a while, then someone from the Camel PMC team will invite you via email.
Getting started at Apache
Firstly add yourself to the Team page
Now go read the instructions on the new committers guide. Its also worth viewing http://www.apache.org/dev.
More information
You can find more information about being a committer at Apache here.