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On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Doug Cutting <[email protected]> wrote: > +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. >> >> >> >> >
