Forwarding the graduation vote thread from the Iceberg community to let everyone here know, per [1].
[1]: https://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#community_graduation_vote ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ryan Blue <b...@apache.org> Date: Tue, May 12, 2020 at 2:16 PM Subject: [VOTE] Graduate to a top-level project To: Iceberg Dev List <d...@iceberg.apache.org> Hi everyone, I propose that the Iceberg community should petition to graduate from the Apache Incubator to a top-level project. Here is the draft board resolution: Establish the Apache Iceberg 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, for distribution at no charge to the public, related to managing huge analytic datasets using a standard at-rest table format that is designed for high performance and ease of use.. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Iceberg Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Iceberg Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to managing huge analytic datasets using a standard at-rest table format that is designed for high performance and ease of use; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Iceberg" 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 Iceberg Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Iceberg 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 Iceberg Project: * Anton Okolnychyi <aokolnyc...@apache.org> * Carl Steinbach <c...@apache.org> * Daniel C. Weeks <dwe...@apache.org> * James R. Taylor <jamestay...@apache.org> * Julien Le Dem <jul...@apache.org> * Owen O'Malley <omal...@apache.org> * Parth Brahmbhatt <pa...@apache.org> * Ratandeep Ratti <r...@apache.org> * Ryan Blue <b...@apache.org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ryan Blue be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Iceberg, 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 Apache Iceberg Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Iceberg podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Iceberg podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged. Please vote in the next 72 hours. [ ] +1 Petition the IPMC to graduate to top-level project [ ] +0 [ ] -1 Wait to graduate because . . . -- Ryan Blue -- Ryan Blue