+1 Doug
On 08/23/2010 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.
