+1 Scott
On 3/24/10 2:31 PM, "Patrick Hunt" said: > +1 > > Doug Cutting 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. >>
