Hi,

This looks good me!  Also, thank you for the honor of suggesting
myself as VP! :)

I would think that the committers mentioned on this page
http://incubator.apache.org/projects/mrunit.html would also be in the
list? Many of them have been active, if not on JIRA, recently.

Brock

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Jim Donofrio <[email protected]> wrote:
> In our last incubator report [1] the 3 blockers were:
>  * Grow the community size and diversity
>  * Make another incubating release
>  * Construct an MRUnit website to replace the existing stub
>
> We have since:
>  * Added a new committer
>  * 0.9.0-incubating will get released in the next few days
>  * We have a new website
>
> From the beginning of incubation we have:
>  * Added 3 new committers/PPMC members
>  * Done 4 releases once 0.9.0-incubating is released
>  * Created a real website
>
> I think it is time to draft a proposal. Once we get consensus we can start a
> VOTE thread within the PPMC.
> If all goes well then we can start a DISCUSS thread on general@incubator and
> eventually a VOTE thread there.
>
> Here is the proposal I came up with. As Chris suggested below I am also +1
> on making Brock VP. I started the initial PMC list
> with the current 3 active committers, I wasnt sure who of the mentors and
> previous Hadoop committers want to also be part of the PMC.
>
> The proposal is just the canned one from [2] except I replaced MRUnit for
> ${Project} and put in Brock for VP along with the PMC members.
> I guess besides the initial PMC list the only part to think about is the
> ${DESCRIPTION-AND-SCOPE} which I set to be: unit testing Apache Hadoop map
> reduce jobs .
>
> X. Establish the Apache MRUnit 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 unit testing Apache Hadoop map
>   reduce jobs 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 MRUnit Project",
>   be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
>   Foundation; and be it further
>
>   RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby is
>   responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
>   related to unit testing Apache Hadoop map reduce jobs;
>   and be it further
>
>   RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache MRUnit" 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 MRUnit Project, and to have primary responsibility
>   for management of the projects within the scope of
>   responsibility of the Apache MRUnit 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 MRUnit Project:
>
>     * Brock Noland                 [email protected]
>     * Jim Donofrio                 [email protected]
>     * Jarek Jarcec Cecho           [email protected]
>
>   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Brock Noland
>   be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache MRUnit, 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 MRUnit 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 MRUnit Project; and be it further
>
>   RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby
>   is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
>   Incubator MRUnit podling; and be it further
>
>   RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
>   Incubator MRUnit podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
>   Project are hereafter discharged.
>
>
> [1]:http://incubator.apache.org/mrunit/ppmc/incubator_reports.html#march-2012
> [2]:
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/board/templates/podling-tlp-resolution.txt
>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> On Mar 24, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Jim Donofrio wrote:
>>
>> >  I updated the status page at
>> >  http://incubator.apache.org/projects/mrunit.html and rebuilt the Clutch
>> >  with news, most up to date committer list, and links to all of our
>> >  status reports.
>> >
>> >  Is improving the website the only holdup to graduation to a TLP at this
>> >  point or is that even necessary? What are the next steps after that?
>> >  There has been a large uptick in interest in the project over the last
>> >  month or so and I think graduation would only help to continue this.
>>
>> I agree. I think website branding and improvement is something that's
>> pretty important,
>> especially considering some of the recent discussions around Thrift which
>> graduated
>> from the Incubator a while ago, but hadn't really done a lot of work to
>> reflect branding
>> on its website. I think we need to spruce it up. It's not a blocker, but
>> it's a "good thing"
>> to do IMHO.
>>
>> >
>> >  Over the last month or so we have gotten 2 useful patches from 2
>> >  independent contributors in MRUNIT-68 and MRUNIT-91, several new JIRA's
>> >  added from 3 independent reporters in MRUNIT-91, 88, 70, and a tutorial
>> >  on our wiki from another independent contributor.
>>
>> Yep I think we're pretty much there. To really start the discussion, I'd
>> recommend
>> checking out some existing TLPs which recently graduate, and their
>> graduation
>> resolution, e.g., here's some discussion around Lucy's:
>>
>> http://s.apache.org/o2
>>
>> Besides the resolution, we'd need to:
>>
>> 1. Hold a community VOTE on lucy-dev@ (I'd recommend drafting the
>> resolution there
>> first).
>> 2. Hold a VOTE on general@incubator with the IPMC (they are the ones
>> making
>> the recommendation to the board)
>> 3. Add the resolution to the board agenda for its next meeting, which
>> would be sometime
>> in April.
>>
>> A precursor to #1 is deciding who would be the most likely candidate for
>> MRUnit VP. I
>> think Brock would make a good VP for the project, based on the work and
>> effort he's
>> put in so far, and his willingness to be part of the Apache process and to
>> help prepare
>> the existing reports.
>>
>> That being said, it would be great to target the April or May board
>> meeting for graduation,
>> but I think that's plenty of time to at least build a minimal website for
>> the MRUnit project
>> that complies with Apache branding requirements. It doesn't have to be
>> flashy, but should
>> at least comply with branding.
>>
>> My 2c.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>>
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>
>



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