On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Hadrian Zbarcea <hzbar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For the curious and conspiracy theorists :) let me complete the picture.
>
> I did actually attend the board meeting as I usually do and the board was
> gracious enough to give me a couple of minutes to correct the resolution.
> Unfortunately, whimsy wouldn't save the corrected resolution, for a reason I
> don't yet understand. I went a second round with svn, but ran out of time.

I've opened an issue on the whimsy problem:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIMSY-27

I've also opened another issue that I would appreciate feedback on:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WHIMSY-28

> Looks like I got the graduation gods really angry. This is not what a
> podling should expect from an ASF member.
>
> Hadrian

- Sam Ruby

> On 10/22/2015 07:03 AM, John D. Ament wrote:
>>
>> Ah ha.  It wasn't clear from the original email this happened during the
>> board meeting.  Now I get it.
>> On Oct 21, 2015 23:09, "Marvin Humphrey" <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 7:58 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think that's my point.  Those two weeks should be used to get
>>>> incubator
>>>> approval.  If you wait 4 weeks you don't graduate until December.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Incubator isn't going to vote again.  The text of the graduation
>>> resolution from an Incubator recommendation is advisory and the Board
>>> often modifies it. (The Incubator gets the text wrong embarrassingly
>>> often.)  The Board passing a resolution to establish a TLP is the
>>> crucial step from the standpoint of the Foundation as a corporate
>>> entity.
>>>
>>> It's regrettable that the glitch was not caught until there was little
>>> time left during today's meeting, but resolutions are powerful tools
>>> and it's important to get the language right. The Foundation's bylaws
>>> constrain the Board's ability to act -- it's not supposed to be easy.
>>>
>>> Marvin Humphrey
>>>
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