You should create a formal thread for the proposal and follow the process for review. Once done, we can then take it to vote.
We can get onto a call and discuss if that helps. On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 at 3:49 AM, Mo Sadoghi <mo.sado...@expolab.org> wrote: > Dear Atri, Junping, Calvin, Kevin, Roman, Anh, David, > > Hope everyone is safe and well. > > We would like to know what is our next step, and what the would be the > expected timeline to be officially accepted into the Apache Incubation > program. We are very excited about this opportunity, and we are fully > committed to expediting this process as much as possible on our end, > especially if we can complete our tasks before the start of the Fall > quarter by September 30. Needless to say, we will be fully committed > thereafter as well. > > *Roman*, Thank you so much. Wonderful to have you as a mentor. > > Proposal: here > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WPvs1A7tqH8VjkMrgXTGQ_z4fiL6f6oi32e7bxSjXc/edit?usp=sharing> > . > > --- > Best Regards, > Mohammad Sadoghi, PhD > Associate Professor > Exploratory Systems Lab (ExpoLab) > Department of Computer Science > University of California, Davis > > ExpoLab: https://expolab.org/ > ResilientDB: https://resilientdb.com/ > Phone: 914-319-7937 > > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 6:00 AM Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 12:48 AM Mo Sadoghi <mo.sado...@expolab.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Roman >>> >>> Thank you for your kind support. >>> >>> Indeed our PoC is well fitting for the Apache foundation’s community. >>> >>> Would you be willing to kindly serve as one of our mentors? We currently >>> have 3 formal mentors plus 2 informal mentors. >>> >> >> I would be delighted to help -- please count me in! >> >> Thanks, >> Roman. >> >> >>> >>> Best >>> Mohamad Sadoghi >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 2:04 AM Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 12:55 AM Mo Sadoghi <mo.sado...@expolab.org> >>> > wrote: >>> > > >>> > > Dear Apache Members, >>> > > >>> > > Hope you are safe and well. >>> > > >>> > > Over the past 6 years, we have been developing a distributed >>> blockchain >>> > > framework, called ResilientDB <https://resilientdb.com/>, which has >>> been >>> > > open-sourced <https://github.com/resilientdb/resilientdb> since >>> 2019. >>> > > ResilientDB is a lightweight and highly performant framework >>> (written in >>> > > C++) that has been extensively evaluated and refined resulting in >>> over 20 >>> > > publications and 2 books. It allows for easy integration with various >>> > > Byzantine Fault-Tolerant (BFT) and Crash Fault-Tolerant (CFT) >>> consensus >>> > > protocols. ResilientDB has been a key educational tool, thus far, 1 >>> > > postdoc, 3 Ph.D., and 13 MSc students have graduated while working >>> on it. >>> > > Furthermore, it has been used in the classroom for the past 5 years >>> with >>> > > several hundred students utilizing it for their course projects. The >>> > > current core team of ResilientDB consists of 1 Postdoc, 2 PhD, 8 MSc, >>> > and 6 >>> > > BSc. In addition to academic success, it has been utilized by our >>> > industry >>> > > partners (e.g., Radix Ltd <https://www.radixdlt.com/> and Mysten >>> Labs >>> > > <https://mystenlabs.com/>) for analysis and as an >>> industrial-strength >>> > > framework to implement their consensus protocols. The broader team of >>> > > active contributors currently included UCB, UCI, UPenn, and McMaster >>> U. >>> > > >>> > > Our ResilientDB platform has now reached a stable point in its >>> product >>> > > life-cycle, and we believe it is now an excellent candidate to be >>> > > considered for the Apache Incubation program to further expand its >>> reach >>> > > and development by building a larger community and ecosystem around >>> it. >>> > > Furthermore, considering the thriving field of blockchain / >>> distributed >>> > > ledger, Apache does not have any core blockchain software in its >>> > portfolio. >>> > > >>> > > We are looking for champions and mentors for our project. Your kind >>> > support >>> > > is greatly appreciated. We look forward to growing and expanding our >>> > > product as part of the Apache community. >>> > > >>> > > Here is the live / latest draft of the proposal. >>> > > >>> > >>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WPvs1A7tqH8VjkMrgXTGQ_z4fiL6f6oi32e7bxSjXc/edit?usp=sharing >>> > > >>> > > Currently, we have *Anh Dinh*, Apache SINGA’s PMC, as our Apache >>> mentor >>> > > (cc'ed). >>> > >>> > It is extremely exciting to see a project like this seeking the ASF's >>> > governance! Somehow I find it particularly fitting that one of the >>> > innovations in your technology is PoC -- Proof Of Collaboration -- it >>> > seems to me that this is somehow very on-brand for the ASF ;-) >>> > >>> > Best of luck! >>> > >>> > Oh, and on the mentors side -- I always advise projects to have at >>> > least 3 mentors. If nothing else -- that tends to make voting on your >>> > releases a much smoother experience. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Roman. >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> > >>> > -- >>> Best Regards, >>> Mohammad Sadoghi, PhD >>> Associate Professor >>> Exploratory Systems Lab (ExpoLab) >>> Department of Computer Science >>> University of California, Davis >>> >> -- Regards, Atri Apache Concerted
