Sorry, my ISP was down for most of the weekend. I apologize for the delay. I'm still trying to clean things up and catch up from the downtime.
J. Aaron Farr � SONY ELECTRONICS � DDP-CIM � (724) 696-7653 > -----Original Message----- > From: Leo Simons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Excalibur TLP Proposed Resolution > > Dear ASF board, > > NB: Aaron Farr had the plan to send in this draft resolution as well, > but since I haven't seen confirmation that he has, I thought I'd send it > in to make sure. If he has already sent it, disregard this e-mail! > > For your consideration, the following draft resolution: > > Draft Resolution > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 creation and > maintenance of embeddable software libraries related to component and > service management, for distribution at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee > (PMC), to be known as the "Excalibur PMC", be and hereby is > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Excalibur PMC be and hereby is responsible for the > creation and maintenance of embeddable software libraries related to > component and service management, based on software licensed to the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Excalibur" 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 Excalibur PMC, > and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects > within the scope of responsibility of the Excalibur PMC; and be it > further > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are > appointed to serve as the initial members of the Excalibur PMC: > > Shash Chatterjee > Peter Donald > J Aaron Farr > Alex Karasulu > Berin Loritsch > Michael Nash > Leo Simons > Hamilton Verissimo de Oliveira > Carsten Ziegeler > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Leo Simons be and hereby > is appointed to the office of Vice President, Excalibur, 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 Excalibur PMC be and hereby is tasked > with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open > development and increased participation in the Excalibur Project; > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Excalibur PMC be and hereby is tasked > with the migration and rationalization of the Avalon PMC > Fortress and Excalibur subprojects; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Avalon PMC > Fortress and Excalibur subprojects and encumbered upon the Avalon PMC > are hereafter discharged. > > > In Readable English > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > In "readable English", there's a bunch of people, some current or > previous Avalon PMC members and/or committers, some from "satellite" > projects with close ties to avalon, who want to take over responsibility > over some of the avalon project codebase. There's broad agreement in the > avalon community (and on the Avalon PMC) that this is a good idea. > > Why? > ---- > The rationale behind this proposal is complex, and the decision process > that led to this resolution has been as well, and it has taken more than > a few weeks to get to the point of me submitting this draft resolution > on behalf of the avalon community. I have tried to write down a summary, > and failed. I encourage everyone who wishes to understand the rationale > leading to this proposal to check out the [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] archives and by looking at the contents and change > history of > > http://wiki.apache.org/avalon/Reorganization > > Additionally, I believe Aaron Farr has been keeping the board up to date > on the stuff happening in the avalon community, and I'm sure his reports > will contain more background. > > Since I understand that's a little vague an outline, I'll try and > summarize the rationale a little anyway...please understand that this is > only one person's partial view of the situation, and add a few grains of > salt where appropriate. > > Avalon is currently a bit of an "umbrella" project. It's not quite the > size of (for example) jakarta, but even after several iterations of > "downsizing" it still houses way too much material for its own good. > This is one of the factors that has contributed a lot to the friction > within the avalon community. Avalon has firmly set a direction towards a > single unified product, as opposed to the vast array of products > currently produced. This is a Good Thing, but it has become clear that > this unified platform will not quite satisfy the needs of users and > developers of existing avalon products. There's a desire among a broad > base of developers to continue development and maintainance of what are > called the "excalibur" and "fortress" codebases, without being hampered > by the broader avalon direction, agenda, etc. > > So creation of this TLP frees Avalon from some "legacy" constraints, > reduces friction within that project, and addresses the needs of > existing open source (inside and outside of the ASF) and commercial > efforts. > > Some miscellaneous comments > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > * There's a few people who do not wish to be on the new Fortress PMC but > who do wish to be a committer to the new project, in particular the > following 14 people have volunteered: > > Shash Chatterjee > Peter Donald > J Aaron Farr > Alex Karasulu > Berin Loritsch > Leif Mortenson > Michael Nash > Neeme Praks > Peter Royal > Leo Simons > Anton Tagunov > Mauro Talevi > Hamilton Verissimo de Oliveira > Carsten Ziegeler > > * There has been plenty of discussion recently surrounding some > reorganization of the avalon project and friends, and several options > have been discussed. Ths proposal stands "on its own" and is perhaps > related to but not directly affected by other things under > consideration, such as the formation of a Merlin TLP that has been > previously discussed. > > -- > regards, > > - Leo Simons > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Weblog -- http://leosimons.com/ > Component Community -- http://componentplanet.org/ > Component Glue -- http://jicarilla.org/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > "We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but > people wouldn't obey the rules." > -- Alan Bennett > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
