So something like 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, related to an integrated data analytic center for Big Science problems.
... and so on I think that's much better! Thanks for the feedback! On 2023/12/05 00:18:38 Julian Hyde wrote: > The phrase "focusing on technology integration, advancement and maturity” > seems to be a little superfluous. It is not description, but more of a > mission statement. Could you remove it? I think that > > SDAP is… an integrated data analytic center for Big Science problems > > is a perfect description (aka high concept pitch). It will also be the first > line of every board report and conference presentation for the next ten > years. So make sure you like it and are comfortable saying it. :) > > You can also have a mission statement that is 1 - 2 sentences in length. > Don’t try to force it into a single phrase. > > Just my two cents (wearing my marketing hat). > > Julian > > > > On Dec 4, 2023, at 4:08 PM, Riley Kuttruff <r...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Already done! (Pending PMC choices) > > > > --- > > > > 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, > > related to an integrated data analytic center for Big Science problems > > focusing on technology integration, advancement and maturity. > > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee > > (PMC), to be known as the "Apache SDAP Project", be and hereby is > > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that the Apache SDAP Project be and hereby is responsible > > for the creation and maintenance of software related to an integrated data > > analytic center for Big Science problems focusing on technology > > integration, > > advancement and maturity; and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache SDAP" 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 SDAP > > Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the > > projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache SDAP > > 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 SDAP Project: > > > > * NAME EMAIL > > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that **TBD** be appointed to > > the office of Vice President, Apache SDAP, 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 SDAP Project be and hereby is tasked with > > the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator SDAP > > podling; and be it further > > > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator > > SDAP podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter > > discharged. > > > > > > On 2023/12/05 00:06:14 Julian Hyde wrote: > >> Might be worth generating a draft graduation resolution. In that > >> resolution there are a couple of things to discuss — a description of the > >> project, initial PMC (are there any committers/PPMC members who do NOT > >> want to join the PMC) and initial PMC chair. > >> > >>> On Dec 4, 2023, at 3:59 PM, Riley Kuttruff <r...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> Ok, I've cleared all the red flags. > >>> > >>> I used today's date for dates I didn't know. I don't know if that's ok. > >>> > >>> Still waiting for the name search before we can proceed. > >>> > >>> I think once that's done and (hopefully) approved, we can proceed to vote! > >>> > >>> On 2023/12/01 22:07:09 Julian Hyde wrote: > >>>> I checked SDAP’s roster page on Whimsy [1], and there are 4 red items > >>>> that need to be done before graduation. I don’t know which of you are > >>>> allowed to see this page, so I’ve pasted them below. Let’s start working > >>>> on these. > >>>> > >>>> Licensing > >>>> * No Software Grant and No IP Clearance Filed > >>>> * No Release Yet/Missing ASF Copyright Headers on Source Code > >>>> * No Release Yet/Binary has licensing issues > >>>> Naming > >>>> * No Podling Name Search on file [2] > >>>> > >>>> Julian > >>>> > >>>> [1] https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/ppmc/sdap > >>>> [2] https://incubator.apache.org/guides/names.html#name-search > >>>> > >>>>> On Nov 17, 2023, at 1:16 PM, Huang, Thomas (US 398F) > >>>>> <thomas.hu...@jpl.nasa.gov.INVALID> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Yes indeed. It’s my 2023 Christmas wish. I know we are not big on > >>>>> marketing, but it might be a good idea to update the official website. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> > >>>>> Thomas > >>>>> > >>>>> ---- > >>>>> Thomas Huang > >>>>> Group Supervisor, Data Product Generation Software > >>>>> Instrument Software and Science Data Systems > >>>>> Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology > >>>>> (818) 354-2747<tel:(818)%20354-2747> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Nov 17, 2023, at 1:07 PM, Nga Chung <nch...@apache.org> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I think we're ready to graduate. We've come a long way and have > >>>>> learned to follow the Apache Way for software releases. We're also in > >>>>> the process of deciding on an official SDAP logo! > >>>>> > >>>>> Best, > >>>>> Nga > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 12:00 PM Riley Kuttruff <r...@apache.org> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> As we work on the 1.2.0 release, I think we should begin our discussion > >>>>> of graduating SDAP in earnest. > >>>>> Over the past year or so, we've: > >>>>> - Successfully ran through the release process twice > >>>>> - Improved our code to be compliant with ASF rules, and now, hopefully, > >>>>> we should be free of any licensing issues with our dependencies > >>>>> - Further promoted SDAP within the scientific community through > >>>>> seminars, social media, integration with ongoing projects, etc > >>>>> > >>>>> What does the community think? Are we ready to graduate or do you feel > >>>>> there are any issues that are holding us back? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Riley > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > >
