+1 from me :) Piergiorgio
2012/5/1 Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> > Thanks, Jukka, I'd be honored to take on the role of VP in a > ManifoldCF top-level project. > > Incorporating Jukka's invaluable advice, I've updated the proposed > resolution, and am opening a vote on it. Please vote +1 if you agree > that this is the resolution that should be presented, in total, > including myself in the role of Vice President, or -1 if you see > changes you would like to make (or if you'd like to nominate someone > else and hold a formal vote on the VP role). > > ====== > 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 for transferring content > between > repositories or search indexes, 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 ManifoldCF Project", be and > hereby is > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache ManifoldCF Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of open-source > software for > transferring content between repositories or search indexes, for > distribution > at no charge to the public. > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, ManifoldCF" 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 ManifoldCF > Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the > projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache ManifoldCF > 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 ManifoldCF > Project: > > * Shinichiro Abe (shinich...@apache.org) > * Erlend Garåsen (rid...@apache.org) > * Piergiorgio Lucidi (piergior...@apache.org) > * Hitoshi Ozawa (hoz...@apache.org) > * Tommaso Teofili (tomm...@apache.org) > * Simon Willnauer (sim...@apache.org) > * Karl Wright (kwri...@apache.org) > * Jukka Zitting (ju...@apache.org) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Karl Wright be > appointed to the office of Vice President, ManifoldCF, 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 ManifoldCF Project be and hereby > is > tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage > open > development and increased participation in the ManifoldCF Project; > and > be it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache ManifoldCF Project be and hereby > is > tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator > ManifoldCF podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache Incubator > ManifoldCF podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are > hereafter discharged. > ====== > > +1 from me. > > Thanks again for the vote of confidence! > Karl > > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:16 AM, Jukka Zitting <jukka.zitt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Looks like we missed a step; we need a graduation resolution for the > >> board to vote on. Here's my proposal, basically copied from Apache > >> Chemistry's, but I have a question. Since no distinction is made > >> between the PPMC members and committers in this resolution, and since > >> many of the original committers/IPMC members have become inactive, and > >> others have not yet been voted in as PPMC members, how should we deal > >> with that? > > > > * Overall the resolution looks good, though note my comment on the scope > below. > > > > * As discussed before, I don't think making a distinction between > > committers and (P)PMC members is useful for us. IMO such a setup only > > makes sense for "umbrella" projects like the Incubator and Lucene > > before it split out most of its subprojects. So my recommendation > > would be to make all (still active) committers also PMC members and > > stick with that policy going forward. > > > > * As for inactive people, you're already doing a good job asking them > > whether they still want to be involved. In case someone doesn't reply > > and hasn't shown up on the lists over the last year or so, it's fine > > to simply drop them from the resolution for lack of response. > > > >> Also, do we need to vote on who the vice president will > >> be? I believe we do... but maybe we can do this as part of the vote > >> on the resolution itself? > > > > You're already doing all the stuff a VP should be doing, and more, so > > I hereby nominate you to be the VP, Apache ManifoldCF. We can have a > > vote if other nominations are made, or consider you selected by lazy > > consensus otherwise. > > > >> 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 providing a framework for > transferring > >> content from source content repositories to target repositories > or indexes, > >> including a security model permitting target repositories to > enforce source > >> repository security, for distribution at no charge to the public; > > > > This is a pretty lengthy scope definition. Can we simplify it a bit? > > > > For example something like: "... open-source software for transferring > > content between repositories or search indexes". The details of how > > this is achieved (framework, security model, etc.) are IMHO best left > > outside the scope to allow more freedom down the line for the project > > to evolve. > > > >> RESOLVED, that the Apache ManifoldCF Project be and hereby is > >> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > providing a > >> framework for transferring content from source content > repositories to > >> target repositories or indexes, including a security model > permitting target > >> repositories to enforce source repository security, for > distribution > >> at no charge to the public. > > > > This should also be updated as discussed above. > > > > PS. If you don't mind, I'd be happy to stay on board the new > > ManifoldCF PMC at least for some time to help out with the transition > > to TLP. > > > > BR, > > > > Jukka Zitting > > -- > Piergiorgio Lucidi > http://www.open4dev.com > >
