Hi all, in order to move forward with the graduation process we need to create a Resolution Charter which will be finally (after approved by a VOTE on [email protected]) sent to the ASF Board. [1]
I started out with a draft [2] and changed the most obvious things for Marmotta, but there are some things we need to decide on (marked with ##FIXME in the draft) * project description: I took "an open platform for Linked Data" - because it's the first sentence on our webpage [3]. Do you have any better idea or is it OK? * initial project members: I took the full committer/ppmc list plus Fabian and Nandana who were invited [4] and accepted, Andy refused but will stay in contact on the dev@marmotta.(i.)a.o list [5] Is there anyone else who wants to step down? * the PMC Chair / VP [6]: the candidates so far are Sebastian, Sergio and myself who would be willing to take the role. Do you have other nominees? Do you have a preference or objections? (remember: this is a public list, but you can send you concerns also to [email protected]) * project bylaws: do we need project specific bylaws? What would they be? Topics that could be handled in the bylaws: committer == PMC, VOTE rules (majority vs. consensus vs. unanimous) * and of course all the rest of the resolution. The next board meeting is on Nov 20th 2013 (2013-11-20), so to stay <12 months in incubation we have the following schedule: - until 2013-10-27: draft discussion on [email protected], then send to [email protected] for discussion - until 2013-11-02: start VOTE on [email protected] - until 2013-11-09: send resolution to [email protected] to be included into the November Agenda. All dates have some backup time, but we can finish the process also earlier. Best, Jakob [1] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#toplevel [2] https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/board/templates/podling-tlp-resolution.txt [3] http://marmotta.incubator.apache.org/ [4] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-marmotta-dev/201310.mbox/%3C525BC467.4040208%40apache.org%3E [5] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-marmotta-dev/201310.mbox/%3C525D5AA8.9070903%40apache.org%3E [6] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc-chair [7] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/marmotta/graduation/resolution.txt Resolution DRAFT [7] ================== X. Establish the Apache Marmotta 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, for distribution at no charge to the public, related to an open platform for Linked Data. ## FIXME: project-description: "an open platform for Linked Data" NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Marmotta Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further ## FIXME: (again) project-description RESOLVED, that the Apache Marmotta Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to an open platform for Linked Data; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Marmotta" 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 Marmotta Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Marmotta 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 Marmotta Project: ## FIXME: Update the list of initial members * Peter Ansell <[email protected]> * Fabian Christ <[email protected]> * Sergio Fernandez <[email protected]> * Jakob Frank <[email protected]> * Dietmar Glachs <[email protected]> * Thomas Kurz <[email protected]> * Nandana Mihindukulasooriya <[email protected]> * Raffaele Palmieri <[email protected]> * Sebastian Schaffert <[email protected]> * Rupert Westenthaler <[email protected]> ## FIXME: Enter the appointed PMC Chair / VP here NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that ${VP} be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Marmotta, 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 ## FIXME: Remove this if we do not have bylaws RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Marmotta 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 Marmotta Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Marmotta Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Marmotta podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Marmotta podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter discharged.
