Hi everyone, With the support of our mentors (as well as helpful ASF members), the Apache Iceberg community has voted to graduate to a top-level project.
I propose a vote to recommend graduation for the Iceberg community to the board. Here is the proposed 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. ``` The community vote passed with 19 +1 votes: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9081df0181768f26490f5a85aed7b5a111a82a741764eb3a0e99621d%40%3Cdev.iceberg.apache.org%3E We also addressed concerns on the IPMC thread, which you can read here: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3e5795d959feb0a19b233aeaf1121a1d97fd473f5e9b14227de41c54%40%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E Please vote on whether to recommend graduation for the Apache Iceberg community to the board. [ ] +1 Apache Iceberg should graduate [ ] +0 [ ] -1 Apache Iceberg should not graduate because . . . The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. -- Ryan Blue
