On 29/02/2008, Carl Trieloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Comments on last version .. > > - It looks like you are using a non-applicable template for the board > resolution. Take a look at other incubator graduation resolutions. > - Specifically, the paragraph on establishing bylaws isn't applicable, > and the incubator needs to be discharged of responsibility.
See below - only half of the above seems to have been addressed. > - Can you rework this; it's simply too recursive. Deconstruct Qpid > Messaging back to it's purpose/definition. Thanks :) Still seems recursive to me, see below. > > Attached is an updated charter with corrections for these. Please review > > Kind regards. > > > > 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 the Qpid messaging implementation, Is Qpid an existing independent implementation? And is the project creating software for it? I would expect the project to implement (i.e. create and maintain an implementation of) a protocol or an API or other kind of specification. > 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 Qpid Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Qpid Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to the Qpid messaging implementation; a multiple > language implementation based on the Advanced Messaged > Queuing Protocol (AMQP) and related technologies such as > messaging transaction management, federation, security, > management; and be it further Still seems circular to me. See also comments on Qpid above. > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Qpid" 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 Qpid Project, and to have primary responsibility for > management of the projects within the scope of responsibility > of the Apache Qpid 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 Qpid Project: > > * Alan Conway > * Arnaud Simon > * Carl Trieloff > * Gordon Sim > * John O'Hara > * Marnie McCormack > * Martin Ritchie > * Rafael Schloming > * Rajith Attapattu > * Robert Greig > * Robert Godfrey None of the mentors seem to be included. Perhaps this is normal for graduating podlings? > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that > Carl Trieloff be appointed to the office of Vice President, > Qpid, 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 Qpid Project be and > hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended > to encourage open development and increased participation in > the Qpid Project; and be it further Is the above paragraph needed? > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Qpid > Project encumbered upon the Apache Incubator be hereafter > discharged. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]