Thanks Sergio for drafting the report! -> submitted Best, Jakob
On Wed, 10 May 2017 at 08:06 Sergio Fernández <[email protected]> wrote: > Jakob, at > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/marmotta/reporting/2017-05_BoardReport.txt > I've > drafted a report for May (also copied below). > > Please, take a look for submitting to Board later today. > > Cheers, > > ----------------------------- > > # Marmotta Board Report for May. 2017 > > ## Description: > > Apache Marmotta, an Open Platform for Linked Data. > > Apache Marmotta was founded in December 2012, and has graduated from the > Incubator in November 2013. > > ## Issues: > > There are no major issues requiring board attention at this time. > > ## Activity: > > Still very low, but a quarter with more activity in the community, > specailly > regarding questions and patches. The community still struggles to find its > fit to warranty mid-term viability of the project. > > Therefore it is critical to find new people with the time and the ideas to > keep the project alive and being a reference in the Linked Data spectrun. > Given his contributions to the project, Xavier Sumba as voted as new > committer. > > Regarding that, we have proposed to Google Summer of Code the task of > upgrading to Eclipse RDF4J. Marmotta still uses the old Sesame, and this > is critical for the future technical viability. The project got two > different > proposals, accepting the one by Gustavo Mora (Ecuador). Further details at > the > announcement mail: https://s.apache.org/atjc > > > ## Health report: > > The project was considered feature-complete in 3.3.0. The current release > cicle (3.4.0) focused on refining and fixing bug, plus incorporation some > non-core new features. The development (issues, commits, emails) has > significantly come down in the last year. > > ## PMC changes: > > - Currently 11 PMC members. > - No new PMC members added in the last 3 months > - Last PMC addition was Mark A. Matienzo on Thu Aug 18 2016 > > ## Committer base changes: > > - Currently 13 committers. > - Xavier Sumba was added as a committer on Mon Mar 27 2017 > > ## Releases: > > - Last release was 3.3.0 on Fri Dec 05 2014 > > ## Mailing list activity: > > - [email protected]: > - 113 subscribers (down -2 in the last 3 months): > - 7 emails sent to list (4 in previous quarter) > > - [email protected]: > - 100 subscribers (up 5 in the last 3 months): > - 101 emails sent to list (31 in previous quarter) > > ## JIRA activity: > > - 3 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months > - 3 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months > > > > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:20 PM, Brett Porter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This email was sent on behalf of the ASF Board. > > > > According to board records, you are listed as the chair of a committee > that > > is due to submit a report this month. These reports are now due and > should > > be submitted to the board as soon as possible but no later than > > Wed May 10th. > > > > The meeting is scheduled for Wed, 17 May 2017 at 10:30 PDT. > > Times in other time zones: > > > > https://timeanddate.com/s/38ta > > > > Full details about the process and schedule are in [1]. > > > > The report should be committed to the meeting agenda in the board > directory > > in the foundation repository, trying to keep a similar format to the > > others. > > This can be found at: > > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/foundation/board > > > > Reports can also be posted using the online agenda tool: > > > > https://whimsy.apache.org/board/agenda/2017-05-17/Marmotta > > > > Your report should also be sent in plain-text format to [email protected] > > with a Subject line that follows the below format: > > > > Subject: [REPORT] Marmotta - May 2017 > > > > Cutting and pasting directly from a Wiki is not acceptable due to > > formatting > > issues. Line lengths should be limited to 77 characters. > > > > Chairs may use the Apache Reporter Service [3] to help them compile and > > submit a board report. > > > > As always, PMC chairs are welcome to attend the board meeting. > > > > Thanks, > > The ASF Board > > > > [1] - https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/board/ > > committee-info.txt > > [2] - https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/board/templates > > [3] - https://reporter.apache.org/ > > > > > > Resolutions > > ----------- > > > > There are several templates for use for various Board resolutions. > > They can be found in [2] and you are encouraged to use them. It is > > strongly recommended that if you have a resolution before the board, > > you are encouraged to attend that board meeting. > > > -- Jakob Frank | http://redlink.at | m: +43 699 10588742 | e: [email protected] | http://at.linkedin.com/in/jakobfrank
