+1 On Aug 23, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Alan Gates wrote:
> I propose that Pig become a top level Apache project. > > The Pig development community has already voted on and approved this > proposal. In summary, the community voted that all current active committers > (listed at http://hadoop.apache.org/pig/whoweare.html ) as of August 18 2010 > should become PMC members, and that Olga Natkovich should be the PMC chair. > They also agreed that adopting bylaws should be among the first tasks of the > new PMC. Full details of the vote can be seen at http://bit.ly/c3GDyl > > Please vote on sending this proposal to the Apache Board. > > Below is a draft resolution to be sent to the Apache Board: > > Establish the Apache Pig 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 parallel analysis of large > data sets 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 Pig Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Pig Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to parallel analysis of large data sets; and be > it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Pig" 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 Pig Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Pig 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 Pig Project: > > * Benjamin Reed <[email protected]> > * Daniel Dai <[email protected]> > * Alan Gates <[email protected]> > * Giridharen Kesavan <[email protected]> > * Olga Natkovich <[email protected]> > * Pradeep Kamath <[email protected]> > * Santhosh Srinivasan <[email protected]> > * Yan Zhou <[email protected]> > * Jeff Zhang <[email protected]> > * Ashutosh Chauhan <[email protected]> > * Richard Ding <[email protected]> > * Dmitriy Ryaboy <[email protected]> > * Thejas Nair <[email protected]> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Olga Natkovich > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Pig, 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 Pig 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 Pig Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Pig Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Hadoop Pig sub-project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Hadoop Pig sub-project encumbered upon the > Apache Hadoop Project are hereafter discharged. > > > >
