Hi, The voting period has passed by and we received the following votes (votes marked with * are binding):
+1 Felix Meschberger (*) +1 Betrand Delacretaz (*) +1 Davanum Srinivas (*) +1 Niklas Gustavsson +1 Luciano Rensende (*) +1 Jeremias Maerki (*) +1 Carsten Ziegeler (*) +1 Niklas Hedhman (*) +1 Martijn Dashorst (*) +1 Craig L. Russell (*) +1 Jukka Zitting (*) +1 Daniel Kulp (*) +1 Stefan Bodewig (*) This vote therefore passes with 13 +1 votes (12 of which binding). No other votes were cast. Also there were no remarks regarding the board resolution draft. So I consider this draft ready for submission to the board. Besides thanking you all for your votes I would like to thank you for your wishes and nice words. This is appreciated. Regards Felix Felix Meschberger schrieb: > Hi all, > > Thanks for the positive feedback on the proposal to graduate Sling as a > Top Level Project [1]. Based on this feedback, I would like to launch > the vote to recommend the graduation of Apache Sling as a Top Level > Project to the Board. > > > So please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1 to recommend Sling's graduation > [ ] 0 don't care > [ ] -1 no, don't recommend yet, because ... > > > Due to a public holiday on monday in many locations and the weekend, > this vote will be open for 5 days (until Thursday, June 4th 2009). > > For reference I also attach the board resolution draft. > > Thanks for your votes. > > Regards > Felix > > > References: > > Gradiation proposal thread on Incubator General [1] > http://markmail.org/thread/gxazyfua2xpdztdi > > Vote thread on Sling Dev List > http://markmail.org/message/76yu7qatqfqnrdme > > Graduation vote result on Sling Dev List > http://markmail.org/message/7kxbtj7tdjr4jezw > > > -------------------- > Board Resolution Draft > > > X. Establish the Apache Sling 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 related to a scriptable web framework > that uses a Java Content Repository, such as Apache > Jackrabbit, to store and manage content for distribution > at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Sling PMC", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Sling Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to a scriptable web framework that uses a Java > Content Repository, such as Apache Jackrabbit, to store > and manage content; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Sling" 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 Sling Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Sling 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 Sling Project: > > * Alexandru Popescu <apopescu at apache dot org> > * Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacretaz at apache dot org> > * Christophe Lombart <clombart at apache dot org> > * Carsten Ziegeler <cziegeler at apache dot org> > * Felix Meschberger <fmeschbe at apache dot org> > * Gianugo Rabellino <gianugo at apache dot org> > * Padraic Hannon <hannonpi at apache dot org> > * Juan José Vázquez Delgado <juanjo at apache dot org> > * Karl Pauls <pauls at apache dot org> > * Vidar Ramdal <vramdal at apache dot org> > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Felix Meschberger > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Sling, 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 initial Apache Sling PMC be and hereby is > tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to > encourage open development and increased participation in the > Apache Sling Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Sling Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Sling podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Sling podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org