Hello Incubator— 72 Hours has (definitely) elapsed on this DISCUSSION thread.
We gave a lot of extra time on this thread following the holiday. I’m with Austin, closing this thread and opening a VOTE. Josh > On Nov 27, 2022, at 12:11 PM, Austin Bennett <aus...@apache.org> wrote: > > 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 >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
