What I want to know is if Gump (or at least 'projects') is going to remain open to all ASF commiters.
"Stefano Mazzocchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Gump development community has voted unanimously to ask for top > level project status, as previously mentioned to the board and has came > up with a proposal for a resolution for the board to pass in the next > upcoming board meeting. > > The interesting parts are: > > 1) Steven Bodewig has been nominated as chair and he accepted the > position > 2) the PMC list was self nominated, everybody who asked for it got in > the list > 3) the Gump community decided to propose its own charter as: > > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related > to promotion and facilitation of automated integration of the > software > produced by other projects, based on software licensed to the > Foundation > > My personal impression is that the community is very healthy, diverse > and very willing to exit the java-only status where it was born, > especially with Gumpy (the python rewrite). Evidence of this is the > continous flow of commits from many different committers as well as the > prompt and smooth actions that resulted in this proposal and to the > nomination of the chair and PMC list. > > Please allow me to say that after experiencing the Jakarta PMC chair > election, this has been a wonderfully refreshing thing and showed me, > once more, that container projects don't work. > > Also understand that nothing in this proposal is carved in stone and, > if necessary, the community is more than willing to listen to > comments/suggesions or answer further questions that the board might > have. > > Thanks much for you time. > > Find the proposed resolutions below: > > ------------------------------- cut here > --------------------------------------- > > 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 continuous integration, for > distribution at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Gump PMC", be and hereby > is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it > further > > RESOLVED, that the Gump PMC be and hereby is responsible for > the creation and maintenance of software related to promotion > and facilitation of automated integration of the software > produced by other projects, based on software licensed to > the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Gump" 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 > Gump PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management of > the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Gump > 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 > Gump PMC: > > * Adam Jack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Davanum Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Leo Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Martin van den Bemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Nick Chalko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Nicola Ken Barozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Scott Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that > > Mr. Stefan Bodewig > > be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Gump, > 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 Gump PMC be and hereby is tasked > with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open > development and increased participation in the Gump Project; > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Gump PMC be and hereby is tasked > with the migration and rationalization of the Jakarta PMC > Gump subproject; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Jakarta > Gump sub-project encumbered upon the Gump PMC > be hereafter discharged. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > > -- > Stefano. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
