On Oct 22, 2015 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. > > Looks like I got the graduation gods really angry. This is not what a podling should expect from an ASF member.
I'll assume that this was pointed to me. If your email was clearer I wouldn't have been confused about scope. I apologize for any concerns this raised. Note that I never said you needed a revote. It wasn't clear that this came out of the board, in the past when we had failed graduations it never made it back to the incubator. > > Hadrian > > 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 >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
