+1 Tom
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> wrote: > Please vote as to whether you think ZooKeeper should become a > top-level Apache project, as discussed previously on this list. I've > included below a draft board resolution. > > Do folks support sending this request on to the Hadoop PMC? > > Patrick > > ------------ > > X. Establish the Apache ZooKeeper 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 distributed system coordination > 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 ZooKeeper Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache ZooKeeper Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to distributed system coordination; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache ZooKeeper" 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 ZooKeeper Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache ZooKeeper 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 ZooKeeper Project: > > * Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> > * Flavio Junqueira <f...@apache.org> > * Mahadev Konar <maha...@apache.org> > * Benjamin Reed <br...@apache.org> > * Henry Robinson <he...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Patrick Hunt > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache ZooKeeper, 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 ZooKeeper 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 ZooKeeper Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache ZooKeeper Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Hadoop ZooKeeper sub-project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Hadoop ZooKeeper sub-project encumbered upon the > Apache Hadoop Project are hereafter discharged. >
