+1 -Matt
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Doug Cutting <cutt...@apache.org> wrote: > Please vote as to whether you think Avro should become a top-level Apache > project, as discussed previously on this list. > > I've included below a draft board resolution. It lists all current > committers as the initial members of the project management committee (PMC) > and Matt Massie as the initial chair. Should any more Avro committers be > added before this is submitted to the board, I intend to add their names to > the list of initial Avro PMC members. > > Do folks support sending this request on to the Hadoop PMC? > > Thanks, > > Doug > > ------------ > > X. Establish the Apache Avro 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 data serialization > 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 Avro Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Avro Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to data serialization; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Avro" 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 Avro Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Avro 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 Avro Project: > > * Doug Cutting <cutt...@apache.org> > * Jeff Hammerbacher <ham...@apache.org> > * Jeff Hodges <jmhod...@apache.org> > * Matt Massie <mas...@apache.org> > * Philip Zeyliger <ph...@apache.org> > * Scott Banachowski <sbana...@apache.org> > * Scott Carey <scottca...@apache.org> > * Sharad Agarwal <shara...@apache.org> > * Thiruvalluvan M. G. <th...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Matt Massie > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Avro, 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 Avro 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 Avro Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Avro Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Hadoop Avro sub-project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Hadoop Avro sub-project encumbered upon the > Apache Hadoop Project are hereafter discharged. > >
