After some brief discussion here and a vote on the Abdera private list, it seems everyone is in favor of this, so I'd like to propose that we ask the board to make Abdera a new TLP. It's been quite the long incubation process (started in May 2006!), but I think the Abdera community, while small, is now diverse enough that I have no question as to its ability to survive as its own Apache project.
So please vote away. A +1 vote is for sending the following motion to the board for its approval. -garrett 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 a framework for building clients and servers for the Atom Publishing Protocol and other related technology, for distribution at no charge to the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Abdera Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that The Apache Abdera Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of a software project related to a framework for building clients and servers for the Atom Publishing Protocol and other related technology. RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Abdera" 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 Abdera Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of The Apache Abdera 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 Abdera Project: - James M. Snell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Garrett Rooney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Stephen Duncan Jr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Ugo Cei ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Dan Diephouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - David Calavera ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Jim Ancona ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Garrett Rooney be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Abdera, 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 Abdera 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 Abdera Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Abdera Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Abdera podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache Incubator Abdera podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
