Commiting added file with "cvs commit" works ...

I just did a "cvs commit" on three files and got the following error message ,----[ "Makefile" and "NEWS" did not pass the karma check ] | **** Access denied: Insufficient Karma (|XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/vm) `---- for two file that are already in the CVS repo in the base directory of the VM package, but a new file in a sub directory passed the karma check ... ,----[ lisp/vm-revno.el passed the check ] | **** Access allowed: Personal Karma exceeds Environmental Karma. | RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/vm/lisp/vm-revno.el,v