RSOLVED Paul Davis is +1. Though I move to rename the office of Vice President of CouchDB to CouchDB BDFL.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Incubator General List, > > The community and developers of Apache CouchDB deem > the project ready for graduation to a top level Apache project. > > [email protected] vote summary: > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-couchdb-dev/200810.mbox/[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > Message IDs for informal(*) PPMC vote to appoint Damien Katz to become > "Vice President, CouchDB": > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (* Sorry we didn't to a formal vote and hence no formal [RESULT] message) > > -- > > We would like to ask the IPMC to discuss the following Board resolution to > be > recommended to the Board. Once your feedback is collected and integrated, > we will ask you to vote on the final resolution. Thank you! > > -- > > Proposed Board Resolution: > > Establish the Apache CouchDB 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 implementing a distributed, fault- > tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database 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 CouchDB Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache CouchDB Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to implementing a distributed, fault-tolerant and > schema-free document-oriented database; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, CouchDB" 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 CouchDB Project, and to have primary responsibility for > management of the projects within the scope of responsibility > of the Apache CouchDB 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 CouchDB Project: > > * J Chris Anderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > * Damien Katz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > * Christopher Lenz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > * Jan Lehnardt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > * Noah Slater ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Damien > Katz be appointed to the office of Vice President, CouchDB, 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 CouchDB Project be and hereby > is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to > encourage open development and increased participation in the > CouchDB Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache CouchDB Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator CouchDB podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache > Incubator CouchDB podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > PMC are hereafter discharged. > > -- > > Again, thanks for your cooperation! > > > For the Apache CouchDB PPMC, > Jan > -- > PS: Thanks to Noah Slater for proofreading. >
