+1 Tom
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a call for vote to graduate Bigtop podling from Apache Incubator > > The Apache Bigtop project entered incubator in June of 2011. Since then we > have grown the community in users and contributors, and we've made > significant improvements to the project. Following the Apache guidelines we > have made four releases, we are preparing a 5th major and 6th maintenance > releases, and we've added two new committers. The current set of committers > and PPMC members are from different organizations and have demonstrated > interest in growing the community further. We have learned the basis to manage > the different aspects of an Apache project. The community of Bigtop is active, > healthy and growing and has demonstrated the ability to self-govern using > accepted Apache practices. Bigtop community has voted to proceed with > graduation [1] and the result can be found at [2]. > > Please cast your votes: > > [ ] +1 Graduate Bigtop podling from Apache Incubator > [ ] +0 Indifferent to the graduation status of Bigtop podling > [ ] -1 Reject graduation of Bigtop podling from Apache Incubator > > This vote will remain open for at least 72 hours from now (till 15 Sep > 2012, NOON PST). Please find the proposed board resolution below. > > [1] http://s.apache.org/SGm > [2] http://s.apache.org/LOA > > Thanks, > Roman Shaposhnik > > X. Establish the Apache Bigtop 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 a system for integration, > packaging, deployment and validation of a big data management > software distribution based on Apache Hadoop > 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 Bigtop Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Bigtop Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to a system for > open-source software related to a system for integration, > packaging, deployment and validation of a big data management > software distribution based on Apache Hadoop; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Bigtop" 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 Bigtop Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Bigtop 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 Bigtop Project: > > * Alan Gates [email protected] > * Patrick Hunt [email protected] > * Steve Loughran [email protected] > * Tom White [email protected] > > * Alejandro Abdelnur [email protected] > * Andrew Bayer [email protected] > * Konstantin Boudnik [email protected] > * Stephen Chu [email protected] > * Bruno Mahé [email protected] > * Peter Linnell [email protected] > * James Page [email protected] > * Patrick Taylor Ramsey [email protected] > * Roman Shaposhnik [email protected] > * Michael Stack [email protected] > * Andrei Savu [email protected] > * Edward J. Yoon [email protected] > > * Andre Arcilla [email protected] > * Eli Collins [email protected] > * Travis Crawford [email protected] > * John Sichi [email protected] > * Owen O'Malley [email protected] > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Roman Shaposhnik > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Bigtop, > 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 Bigtop 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 Bigtop Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Bigtop Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Bigtop podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Bigtop podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
