On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 at 12:04, Calvin Kirs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> After Auron's community discussion [1] and vote egarding graduation
> [2], I'd like to to expand the discussion to the general@incubator.
>
> Auron entered incubation on August 5, 2025. During nearly one year of
> incubation, the community has:
> - Currently, our community comprises 22 committers (including mentors)
> from more than 13 different companies, with 15 serving as PPMC
> members[3].
> - At present, we have 67 contributors.
> - Throughout the incubation period, we have made 3 releases over 11
> months, maintaining a stable cadence.
> - We have had 3 different release managers to date.
> - Our software is used in production by 10+ well-known entities.
> - To date, we have opened 797 issues, of which 690 have been
> successfully resolved.
> - We have submitted a total of 1659 PRs, of which 1628 have been
> merged or closed.
> - Through self-assessment [4], we have met all maturity criteria as
> outlined in [5].
>
> We've resolved all branding issues which include Logo, GitHub repo,
> document, website, and others [6] [7].
>
> We believe the project has successfully established itself as a
> sustainable community
> governed by the Apache Way.
>
> The proposed board resolution if/when this proceeds to a formal VOTE is
> included below.
>
>
> ----------------------- DRAFT BOARD PROPOSAL -------------------
>
> Establish the Apache Auron 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 an accelerator for big data engines (e.g.,
> Apache Spark, Apache Flink), leveraging native vectorized execution to

I wonder if examples belong in a mission?
Seems out of place to me.

> accelerate query processing.
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee
> (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Auron Project", be and hereby is
> established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that the Apache Auron Project be and hereby is responsible
> for the creation and maintenance of software related to an accelerator
> for big data engines (e.g., Apache Spark, Apache Flink), leveraging

ditto

> native vectorized execution to accelerate query processing
> ; and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Auron" 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 Auron
> Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the
> projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Auron
> Project; and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, all current Apache Auron committers are invated as the
> initial PMC; 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 Auron Project:
>
> * CalvinKirs <[email protected]>
> * Becket Qin <[email protected]>
> * Nicholas Jiang <[email protected]>
> * Xuanwo <[email protected]>
> * Hao Li <[email protected]>
> * Shaoyun Chen <[email protected]>
> * Yuance Li <[email protected]>
> * Ruilei Ma <[email protected]>
> * Jiashu Xiong <[email protected]>
> * Li Zhang <[email protected]>
> * Lei Wang <[email protected]>
> * Zhen Wang <[email protected]>
> * Yijie Shen <[email protected]>
> * Junfan Zhang <[email protected]>
> * Fei Wang <[email protected]>
> * Shilun Fan <[email protected]>
> * Huawen Gui <[email protected]>
> * Hai Zhou <[email protected]>
> * Mang Zhang <[email protected]>
> * Shreyesh Arangath <[email protected]>
> * Weiqing Yang <[email protected]>
> * Ming Wei <[email protected]>
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Lei Wang be appointed to
> the office of Vice President, Apache Auron, 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 Auron Project be and hereby is tasked with
> the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Auron
> podling; and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator
> Auron podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter
> discharged.
>
>
>
> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/shxg9l1rkx7jps6lgmsq1rddmbcjfh64
> [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/yj03zxmst1hlccoww29oqrwzd7tgdjm1
> [3]https://auron.apache.org/community/committer.html#current-committers
> [4]
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=444334531&spaceKey=AURON&title=Maturity%2BAssessment%2Bfor%2BApache%2BAuron%E2%84%A2%2BIncubating
> [5]
> https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html
> [6] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-239
> [7] https://whimsy.apache.org/pods/project/auron
>
> --
> Best wishes!
> Calvin

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