The draft of the graduation resolution looks fine to me 1 note though, it is always better to add links to any relevant e-mail messages with the resolution.
Good luck :) On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Andreas Kuckartz <[email protected]> wrote: > This mail from the Jena developers was sent to the Apache Incubator list > a few days ago. > > Cheers, > Andreas > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Robert Vesse <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Request for Comments - Apache Jena proposed graduation > resolution > Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:30:26 +0000 > > > Hi All > > At the recommendation of our mentors the Apache Jena incubator polling > is currently working towards graduation. We recently passed a community > vote to proceed with graduation and held a PPMC vote to select our > chairman upon graduation. > > We have also been discussing our board resolution between ourselves and > we'd now like to request feedback from the IPMC to refine this > resolution as necessary prior to submitting it for a formal IPMC vote in > the next week or so: > > 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 accessing, storing, querying, > publishing and reasoning with semantic web data while > adhering to relevant W3C and community standards. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Jena Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Jena Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to accessing, storing, querying, > publishing and reasoning with semantic web data while > adhering to relevant W3C and community standards; > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Jena" 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 Jena Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Jena 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 Jena Project: > > * Andy Seaborne (andy) > * Benson Marguilies (bimargulies) > * Chris Dollin (chrisdollin) > * Damian Steer (damian) > * Dave Reynolds (der) > * Ian Dickinson (ijd) > * Paolo Castagna (castagna) > * Rob Vesse (rvesse) > * Stephen Allen (sallen) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Andy Seaborne > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Jena, 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 Jena 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 Jena Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Jena Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Jena podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Jena podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > The proposed PMC is composed of all current members plus one of our > mentors (Benson Marguilies) who has graciously agreed to remain on the > project for the time being. > > We look forward to receiving your comments > > On behalf of the Apache Jena PPMC, > > Rob Vesse > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein
