I'd like to make sure that we're all on the same page with graduation and how this process works. The vote that is ongoing now is a vote by the Incubation Project Management Committee (IPMC) on whether or not to *recommend* graduation to the ASF Board. So if this vote passes, which looks likely, then we have this recommendation. But we are not graduated yet. Only the ASF Board can create a Top Level Project. And they don't meet until next Wednesday.
So please let's respect this distinction in our external communications and avoid overstating the significance of the IPMC recommendation vote. This vote does not immediately cause us to graduate. The real news story, the one we will want to promote, will be after next Wednesday's Board meeting. So personally I will not be sending out Tweets, etc., about the IPMC vote, since 140 characters is not enough to make this important distinction. I'll wait until after the Board meeting. Also, there are some administrative steps that we'll need to take care of over the weekend, assuming the IPMC vote passes: 1) Sending a [VOTE][RESULTS] post to the IPMC list 2) Sending the proposed resolution to the board list per these instructions: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#top-level-board-proposal This probably needs to happen on Saturday, shortly after the 72-hour PMC vote ends, if we are to get on the Board's agenda for Wednesday. I'm assuming Andrea will take care of this, or delegate to someone else if he is unavailable on Saturday. -Rob
