+1 Nicholas Sze
----- Original Message ---- > From: Doug Cutting <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 1:15:49 PM > Subject: [VOTE] Avro as TLP? > > Please vote as to whether you think Avro should become a top-level Apache > project, as mentioned previously on this list. I've included below a > draft board resolution. It lists all current committers as the initial > members of the project management committee (PMC) and Matt Massie as the > initial chair. Does the Hadoop PMC support sending this proposal on to > the board? Thanks, Doug ------------ > X. Establish the Apache Avro 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 data serialization 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 Avro Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, > that the Apache Avro Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to data serialization; and be it further > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Avro" 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 Avro Project, and to have primary > responsibility for management of the projects within > the scope of responsibility of the Apache Avro 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 Avro > Project: * Doug Cutting > < > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > * Jeff Hammerbacher < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > * Jeff Hodges < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > * Matt Massie < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > * Philip Zeyliger < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > * Scott Banachowski < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > * Scott Carey < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > * Sharad Agarwal < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > * Thiruvalluvan M. G. < > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Matt Massie > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Avro, > 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 Avro 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 Avro Project; and be it further RESOLVED, > that the Apache Avro Project be and hereby is tasked > with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Hadoop Avro sub-project; and be it further > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Hadoop Avro sub-project encumbered upon the > Apache Hadoop Project are hereafter discharged.
