Hi Austin, Yeah… see convo on private.
Was planning on community VOTE next week. Or you can initiate. Joshua Poore > On Oct 25, 2022, at 3:54 PM, Austin Bennett <whatwouldausti...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Looks like community consensus is for graduation. > > Is next step a formal vote? Or, something else? > > I am happy to check with incubator, etc on working through steps, in the > event nobody else wants to drive this. > > >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2022, 10:35 AM Rob Foley <r...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> I'm also in favor of graduation. >> >> Rob >> >>> On 10/22/2022 1:44 PM, Austin Bennett wrote: >>> +1 >>> >>> Graduation a great step, I am in favor. >>> >>> I would like to see a bigger community [ of public users, and >> contributors >>> ], and those from different organizations. But, graduation may help >> that - >>> as being graduated is a strong signaling mechanism. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 9:52 AM Gedd Johnson <geddjohns...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> This is great to hear! Strongly in favor. >>>> - Gedd >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 22:42 Joshua Poore <poor...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I’m initiating this DISCUSS thread to talk through the communities >>>>> perspective (at this point in time) on Graduation as a Top Level >> project. >>>>> >>>>> Flagon has tried to Graduate twice before first in 2018, and then in >>>> 2020. >>>>> Each time, we didn’t get any strong blockers, but some tickets that we >>>>> worked to burn down. Ultimately, though the graduation VOTE on >>>>> general@incubator just lost steam. Here is the last thread: >>>>> >>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/svf7ckpohmt4s9cflf35m12n3w0sz46z < >>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/svf7ckpohmt4s9cflf35m12n3w0sz46z> >>>>> >>>>> Now, the Incubator is highly motivated to push projects that have been >> in >>>>> Incubation status longer than two years to move toward graduation. >> Flagon >>>>> is CERTAINLY on that list, and the remark is that we should have >>>> graduated. >>>>> At this point, there are certainly ways that our project and community >>>> can >>>>> improve. However, the following is true: >>>>> >>>>> 1. The community has consistently VOTED in favor Graduation >>>>> 2. Mentors have consistently been in favor of Graduation >>>>> 3. The project has demonstrated stability and continued growth over the >>>>> years >>>>> 4. The project meets the maturity model of the incubator: >>>>> >>>> >> https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >> https://community.apache.org/apache-way/apache-project-maturity-model.html >>>>> 5. The Incubator is now very engaged in graduating (I suspect VOTEs on >>>>> INCUBATOR won’t fizzle out) >>>>> >>>>> The project and the community, like software, are never done. So the >>>>> question to DISCUSS is whether the community agrees that we’re ready to >>>>> self-govern and continue development outside the Incubator. >>>>> >>>>> Let’s discuss over the next week, and move to a VOTE on the week of the >>>> 31 >>>>> OCT 2022. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Josh >>
