+1 (binding) Regards JB
On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Incubator, > > The Apache Pony Mail community has voted to graduate to a Top-Level > Project. I am now calling a vote of the Incubator PMC to recommend > graduation to the Board of Directors. > > Background > ---------- > Apache Pony Mail entered incubation in May 2016. The project provides > a mail-archiving, archive viewing, and mailing list interaction > service. It is actively deployed as lists.apache.org, serving the > entire ASF. > > The community has operated self-sufficiently for years, with all > decisions made on the public dev@ list. The community vote passed > with 7 +1 votes and 1 +0, with no vetoes: > > +1: Rich Bowen, Jim Jagielski, Sean Palmer, Dave Fisher, > Christian Grobmeier, Daniel Gruno, John D. Ament > +0: Sebb (wishes to remain committer but not join PMC) > -1: (none) > > Vote thread: > https://lists.apache.org/thread/7xbgp4x0lhdxjxj3xoy5p7md2pn1krgb > (Subject: [VOTE] Graduate Apache Pony Mail to a Top-Level Project) > > Podling status page: > https://incubator.apache.org/clutch/ponymail.html > > Community vote thread ([email protected]): > Subject: [VOTE] Graduate Apache Pony Mail to a Top-Level Project > > Proposed Resolution > ------------------- > > Establish the Apache Pony Mail 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 mail archiving, > archive viewing, and mailing list interaction services, 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 Pony Mail Project", be and hereby > is established pursuant to the Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it > further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Pony Mail Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to > mail archiving, archive browsing, and mailing list interaction > services; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Pony Mail" 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 > Pony Mail Project, and to have primary responsibility for management > of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache > Pony Mail 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 Pony > Mail Project: > > * Daniel Gruno ([email protected]) > * Dave Fisher ([email protected]) > * Jim Jagielski ([email protected]) > * Rich Bowen ([email protected]) > * Sean Palmer ([email protected]) > * Ulises ([email protected]) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Rich Bowen be > appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Pony Mail, 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 Pony Mail Project be and hereby is > tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator > Pony Mail podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache Incubator > Pony Mail podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are > hereafter discharged. > > Vote > ---- > Please vote on the resolution above: > > [ ] +1 Recommend graduation of Apache Pony Mail to TLP > [ ] +0 No opinion > [ ] -1 Do not recommend graduation (please state reason) > > This vote will remain open for at least 72 hours. Only IPMC member > votes are binding. > > Thanks, > Rich > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
