To not leave this discussion completely undiscussed :-) --> My vote/thoughts appeared on dev@flagon, which is ultimately in favor of graduation.
Flagon mentors hadn't raised any other issues, so it seems without [m-]any critical/needed comments/suggestion during this discussion, it is otherwise getting time to bring this to a VOTE -- perhaps in another day or few [ at least sometime after TGiving holiday break for those US based ]? On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 8:32 PM Joshua Poore <poor...@apache.org> wrote: > Hello Incubator, > > > Flagon has been incubating since 2016-07-13 (originally ‘SensSoft’ [1]). > During our incubation, the Flagon project developed steadily, developing > viable open-source capability and doing so with democratized governance and > commitment to productization, maintenance, and experimentation. Throughout > our long incubation, our close and consistent community followed the Apache > Way. > > Our community and our mentors believe that Flagon has met the Incubator’s > maturity model[2]. We believe that we are ready to graduate from the > Incubator as a self-governing, Top-Level Project. > > Specifically, > > 1. Our code is well curated, maintained, documented and released through > Apache processes and with the Apache (v2) License. > 2. Our code is broadly disseminated—through official Apache distribution, > NPM, GitHub (and soon PyPI). > 3. We maintain an Apache-Compliant Website[3] to link users to official > release mirrors [4] > 4. The community changed its name from 'SensSoft' to 'Flagon' to remove > corporate entanglement with the organization that originally initiated the > project, and has completed IP Clearance processes for ‘Flagon’ [5] > 5. In total, we have produced 7 Apache releases with 4 different release > managers. > 6. In the past year, we have onboarded 4 new committers, 1 new PPMC, and > accepted a major software grant from the University of Maryland; our > community is small, but active in VOTEs, Releases, and DISCUSSions. > 7. Governance is conducted and documented through Apache lists > > Our last Graduation discussion was 10/2020, at which point the Incubator > identified issues related to deprecated sub-projects and some committers > that were not subscribed to @private lists [6]. Since then we have resolved > these issues and continued to develop our products, grow our community, and > operate the Apache Way. > > Our community has discussed graduation [7], VOTE’d in favor of it [8,9], > and the PPMC has reviewed our Graduation Resolution [10] (below). > > ----------------------------------------- > BEGIN DRAFT RESOLUTION > ----------------------------------------- > > Establish the Apache Flagon 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 behavioral logging capability useful for business analytics, usage > analytics, usability and user testing. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), > to be known as the "Apache Flagon Project", be and hereby is established > pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Flagon Project be and hereby is responsible for > the creation and maintenance of software related to thin-client behavioral > logging capability useful for business analytics, usage analytics, > usability and user testing, and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Flagon" 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 Flagon Project, and to have > primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Flagon 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 Flagon Project: > > * Joshua Poore <poor...@apache.org> > * Lewis John McGibbney <le...@apache.org> > * David Meikle <dmei...@apache.org> > * Tim Allison <talli...@apache.org> > * Furkan Kamaci <kam...@apache.org> > * Steve York <pyk...@apache.org> > * Michelle Beard <msbe...@apache.org> > * Robert Foley <r...@apache.org> > * Austin Bennett <aus...@apache.org> > * Gedd Johnson <uncleg...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Joshua Poore be appointed to > the office of Vice President, Apache Flagon, 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 Flagon 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 Flagon Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Flagon Project be and hereby is tasked with the > migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Flagon podling; and > be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator > Flagon podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter > discharged. > > -------------------------------------- > END DRAFT RESOLUTION > -------------------------------------- > > We look forward to the Incubator’s feedback and taking the next step with > Flagon. > > This discussion will be open for 72 or more hours. > > Respectfully, > > Joshua Poore (Flagon PPMC) > > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/SensSoftProposal > [2] > https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html > [3] https://incubator.apache.org/projects/flagon.html > [4] https://flagon.incubator.apache.org/releases/ > [5] > https://issues.apache.org/jira/plugins/servlet/mobile#issue/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-154 > [6] https://lists.apache.org/thread/svf7ckpohmt4s9cflf35m12n3w0sz46z > [7] https://lists.apache.org/thread/nx3ctj2p2gtljp1nz4pclj7rnnyvfpxb > [8] https://lists.apache.org/thread/9fvnpbpwfrvm23zljjlnfmqvq4n4nss9 > [9] https://lists.apache.org/thread/1vk3qkfr5vx6zxyq5gr3kqxrkr2oh206 > [10] https://lists.apache.org/thread/668091c70rgd1orb4zq915oqsf845s86 > > >
