+1 from me :) Shinichiro Abe
On 2012/05/01, at 21:18, Karl Wright wrote: > 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
