+1 On Feb 7, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Nick Burch wrote:
> Hi All > > We've now reached the milestones of two sucessful Java releases, and one non > Java release. In addition, the project has sucessfully added new committers, > has developed the existing code, merged in added new codebases from outside. > All of this has been done following "The Apache Way". The project status page > shows everything as ready too. > > So, I think the community is now ready to strike out on it's own as a top > level project! > > (The new project also needs a PMC chair, and I'll kick off the discussions on > that on the private list shortly) > > So, voting please: > +1 - Graduate the Chemistry podling to TLP > +0 - I've no opinion on graduation > -1 - No to graduation just yet, because... > > Voting will be open until the end of Friday, so you've all a little over 72 > hours! The proposed board resolution is below too. > > Thanks > Nick > > ------- > > Establish the Apache Chemistry 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 providing an implemention of the > OASIS CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Services) specifications, > in server and client form, 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 Chemistry Project", be and hereby is > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Chemistry Project be and hereby is responsible > for the creation and maintenance of software providing and implementing > the OASIS CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Services) specifications, > in server and client form, for distribution at no charge to the public. > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Chemistry" 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 Chemistry Project, and > to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within > the scope of responsibility of the Apache Chemistry 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 Chemistry Project: > > * Bogdan Stefanescu (b...@apache.org) > * David Caruana (dcaru...@apache.org) > * David Nuescheler (un...@apache.org) > * David Ward (dw...@apache.org) > * Dominique Pfister (dpfis...@apache.org) > * Florent Guillaume (fguil...@apache.org) > * Florian Müller (f...@apache.org) > * Gabriele Columbro (gabri...@apache.org) > * Jeff Potts (jp...@apache.org) > * Jens Hübel (j...@apache.org) > * Jukka Zitting (ju...@apache.org) > * Martin Hermes (he...@apache.org) > * Nick Burch (n...@apache.org) > * Paolo Mottadelli (pa...@apache.org) > * Paul Goetz (pg...@apache.org) > * Richard McKnight (richa...@apache.org) > * Stéfane Fermigier (sferm...@apache.org) > * Stephan Klevenz (sklev...@apache.org) > * Stéphane Lacoin (sl...@apache.org) > * Sun Seng David Tan (s...@apache.org) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that ?????????????? be > appointed to the office of Vice President, Chemistry, 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 Chemistry Project be and hereby is > tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open > development and increased participation in the Chemistry Project; and be > it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Chemistry Project be and hereby is > tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator > Chemistry podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache Incubator > Chemistry podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter > discharged.