Here's my +1 again. I think the Tuscany team has come a long way and I believe we can hold this up as an example of the incubator really providing good governance to incoming podlings.
Paul On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Kevan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 > > --kevan > On May 14, 2008, at 2:51 PM, ant elder wrote: > >> After 29 months in the incubator, 19 releases, 25 new committers, and >> tons of emails the Apache Tuscany community (with support from our >> mentors) again feels that we are ready to graduate to an official top >> level project at Apache as indicated by the community vote recorded >> at: http://apache.markmail.org/message/lss5jhjxail7m67r >> >> We would like the resolution below to be presented to the board for >> consideration at the next possible board meeting. >> >> For additional information, the Tuscany status file is here: >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/tuscany/STATUS >> >> Thanks in advance for your time and consideration. >> >> ...ant >> >> X. Establish the Apache Tuscany Project >> >> WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best >> interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's >> purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with >> the creation and maintenance of open-source software for >> distribution at no charge to the public, that simplifies the >> development, deployment and management of distributed applications >> built as compositions of service components. These components >> may be implemented with a range of technologies and connected >> using a variety of communication protocols. This software will >> implement relevant open standards including, but not limited to, >> the Service Component Architecture standard defined by the OASIS >> OpenCSA member section, and related technologies. >> >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management >> Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Tuscany Project", >> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the >> Foundation; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the Apache Tuscany Project be and hereby is >> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software >> related to Apache Tuscany; >> and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Tuscany" be >> and hereby is created, the person holding such office to >> serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair >> of the Apache Tuscany Project, and to have primary responsibility >> for management of the projects within the scope of >> responsibility of the Apache Tuscany Project; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and >> hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the >> Apache Tuscany Project: >> >> * Adriano Crestani <adrianocrestani at apache dot org> >> * ant elder <antelder at apache dot org> >> * Brady Johnson <bjohnson at apache dot org> >> * Frank Budinsky <frankb at apache dot org> >> * Ignacio Silva-Lepe <isilval at apache dot org> >> * Jean-Sebastien Delfino <jsdelfino at apache dot org> >> * kelvin goodson <kelvingoodson at apache dot org> >> * Luciano Resende <lresende at apache dot org> >> * Mark Combellack <mcombellack at apache dot org> >> * Matthieu Riou <mriou at apache dot org> >> * Mike Edwards <edwardsmj at apache dot org> >> * Paul Fremantle <pzf at apache dot org> >> * Pete Robbins <robbinspg at apache dot org> >> * Raymond Feng <rfeng at apache dot org> >> * Simon Laws <slaws at apache dot org> >> * Simon Nash <nash at apache dot org> >> * Venkata Krishnan <svkrish at apache dot org> >> >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ant Elder >> be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Tuscany, to >> serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the >> Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until >> death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, >> or until a successor is appointed; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the Apache Tuscany Project be and hereby >> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache >> Incubator Tuscany podling; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache >> Incubator Tuscany podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator >> Project are hereafter discharged. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > -- Paul Fremantle Co-Founder and CTO, WSO2 Apache Synapse PMC Chair OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
