+1 Struts TLP +1 Craig for President in 2004. (Sorry, VP) Steve
> -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: March 6, 2004 11:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VOTE] Struts as an Apache Top Level Project > > > Following up on a brief thread on this list in December [1], > Craig, Ted > and I have put together a draft resolution to the board of > directors [2], > along with a cover letter [3], that would promote Struts to an Apache > top-level project (TLP). > > The main reasons for moving to a TLP are described on the wiki [4]. In > Craig's words, "The short answer, though, is we will be in > charge of our > own releases (currently, the Jakarta PMC is the only body legally > recognized to vote on releases of *any* software under Jakarta)." In > practice, we can really just continue doing what we've always done. > > As most of you are no doubt aware, several Jakarta sub-projects have > already made the transition to TLPs, including Ant, Avalon, > Gump, James, > Log4J, Maven, OJB, and Torque. Most Jakarta PMC members seem to be in > favour of the migrations, largely because a single PMC cannot possibly > oversee a code base the size of all of Jakarta. > > If you're OK with Struts being a top-level Apache project, > please respond > to this thread with either a +1 or +0. Otherwise, please > reply with your > concerns. When we previously discussed this, it did not seem > like anyone > was opposed to the idea, but if anyone is, now is the time to > speak up. > > The resolution as drafted lists the Struts Committers who could > reasonably be considered active at this time. Of course, we should not > put anyone on the PMC without their buy-in, so the final > resolution would > only list the Committers who responded to the Vote with a +1 or +0. > > The draft resolution also leaves the name of the Vice President blank. > Craig seems like the logical candidate, and is willing to act in this > capacity, but we wanted the VP selection to be a community > decision. So, > please also respond with your nomination for Vice President, Apache > Struts. > > Here's my +1 on the resolution as drafted, and my +1 for Craig as Vice > President. > > -- > Martin Cooper > > [1] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/SearchList?listId=&listName=struts-de [EMAIL PROTECTED]&searchText=%22Why+you+*want*+to+be+on+the+PMC%22&de faultField=subject&Search=Search [2] http://www.apache.org/~martinc/struts/tlp/resolution.html [3] http://www.apache.org/~martinc/struts/tlp/cover.html [4] http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?JakartaPMCPropsedChanges --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
