Looks good to me +1 :) On Jun 30, 2012 12:28 PM, "Jukka Zitting" <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > > This so far has lead us to the conclusion that there really isn't any > > "incubating" that needs to be done. > > > > I'd like to open the topic up for discussion. > > Here's what I wrote about this on board@: > > There's plenty of precedent of existing TLPs spawning off subprojects > without having them first go through the Incubator, and I don't see > why stuff from infra would need to be treated differently. > > However, there's also precedent of TLPs bringing subprojects to the > Incubator to grow the community and to evaluate when critical mass for > a TLP has been reached. > > I'd say it's up to infra and the people who're already working on the > STV tools to decide which path to follow. The Incubator would of > course be happy to help (in the ways it can), but I see no hard reason > why the Incubator would absolutely need be involved if a good enough > community already exists for a TLP. > > > To kick things off, I'd copy the draft ASF Board resolution into the > > incubator wiki, but apparently "SamRuby" is not in the ContributorsGroup. > > Fixed. > > > If somebody could rectify that and/or copy the resolution into the wiki, > I > > would appreciate that. There's not much to see there, it simply is a > > routine resolution, full of words like WHEREAS, THEREFORE, and RESOLVED. > > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/foundation/board/apache-steve.txt > > Not sure if it needs to be on the wiki, so for now I'm just including > a copy of the proposed resolution below: > > 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 voting systems. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Steve Project", be > and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Steve Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to voting systems; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Steve" 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 Steve Project, and to have primary responsibility for > management of the projects within the scope of responsibility > of the Apache Steve 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 Steve Project: > > * Jim Jagielski <j...@apache.org> > * Chris A. Mattmann <mattm...@apache.org> > * Sam Ruby <ru...@apache.org> > * Greg Stein <gst...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jim Jagielski be > appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Steve, 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 Steve Project be and hereby > is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to > encourage open development and increased participation in the > Apache Steve Project. > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
