Ah, ya, Josh, reread your email, I was thinking 72 hours [ lazy consensus ], I now notice you mention wanting to kick off a new community VOTE [ per https://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#community_graduation_vote ] week of the 31st, no reason to rush things at this point :-).
I don't mind doing some of the admin work towards getting flagon graduated, should that be helpful. On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 7:28 AM Joshua Poore <deeplyscott...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >> >
