This is a call for vote to graduate Bigtop podling from Apache Incubator The Apache Bigtop project entered incubator in June of 2011. Since then we have grown the community in users and contributors, and we've made significant improvements to the project. Following the Apache guidelines we have made four releases, we are preparing a 5th major and 6th maintenance releases, and we've added two new committers. The current set of committers and PPMC members are from different organizations and have demonstrated interest in growing the community further. We have learned the basis to manage the different aspects of an Apache project. The community of Bigtop is active, healthy and growing and has demonstrated the ability to self-govern using accepted Apache practices. Bigtop community has voted to proceed with graduation [1] and the result can be found at [2].
Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Graduate Bigtop podling from Apache Incubator [ ] +0 Indifferent to the graduation status of Bigtop podling [ ] -1 Reject graduation of Bigtop podling from Apache Incubator This vote will remain open for at least 72 hours from now (till 15 Sep 2012, NOON PST). Please find the proposed board resolution below. [1] http://s.apache.org/SGm [2] http://s.apache.org/LOA Thanks, Roman Shaposhnik X. Establish the Apache Bigtop 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 a system for integration, packaging, deployment and validation of a big data management software distribution based on Apache Hadoop 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 Bigtop Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Bigtop Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a system for open-source software related to a system for integration, packaging, deployment and validation of a big data management software distribution based on Apache Hadoop; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Bigtop" 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 Bigtop Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Bigtop 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 Bigtop Project: * Alan Gates ga...@apache.org * Patrick Hunt ph...@apache.org * Steve Loughran ste...@apache.org * Tom White tomwh...@apache.org * Alejandro Abdelnur t...@apache.org * Andrew Bayer aba...@apache.org * Konstantin Boudnik c...@apache.org * Stephen Chu s...@apache.org * Bruno Mahé bm...@apache.org * Peter Linnell plinn...@apache.org * James Page jamesp...@apache.org * Patrick Taylor Ramsey p...@apache.org * Roman Shaposhnik r...@apache.org * Michael Stack st...@apache.org * Andrei Savu as...@apache.org * Edward J. Yoon edwardy...@apache.org * Andre Arcilla arci...@apache.org * Eli Collins e...@apache.org * Travis Crawford traviscrawf...@apache.org * John Sichi j...@apache.org * Owen O'Malley omal...@apache.org NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Roman Shaposhnik be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Bigtop, 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 Bigtop 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 Bigtop Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Bigtop Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Bigtop podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Bigtop podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter discharged. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
