I think it's time start a vote about moving Karaf as a TLP as we recently discussed. The vote is about submitting the following proposal to the next board meeting:
[ ] +1 send this proposal to the board [ ] -1 do not The vote will be opened for 72 hours ================= 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 an OSGI based runtime for creating enterprise servers 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 Karaf Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Karaf Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to an OSGI based runtime for creating enterprise servers; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Karaf" 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 Karaf Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Karaf 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 Karaf Project: * Chris Custine <ccust...@apache.org> * Freeman Fang <ff...@apache.org> * Jarek Gawor <ga...@apache.org> * Jamie Goodyear <jgoody...@apache.org> * David Jencks <djen...@apache.org> * Alex Karasulu <akaras...@apache.org> * Charles Moulliard <cmoulli...@apache.org> * Guillaume Nodet <gno...@apache.org> * Jean-Baptiste Onofré <jbono...@apache.org> * Gert Vanthienen <ge...@apache.org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Guillaume Nodet be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Karaf, 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 Karaf 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 Karaf Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Karaf Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Felix Karaf sub-project; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Felix Karaf sub-project encumbered upon the Apache Felix Project are hereafter discharged. =============== -- Cheers, Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ ------------------------ Open Source SOA http://fusesource.com
