+1 to graduation. It is exciting watching the project and its community grow.
.. Owen On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:26 AM Ryan Blue <b...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I think that Iceberg is about ready to graduate from the Apache Incubator. > We now have 2 releases — that include convenience binaries — and have added > 2 committers/PPMC members and 2 PPMC members from the original set of > committers. We are seeing a steady rate of contributions from a diverse > group of people and companies interested in Iceberg. Thank you all for your > contributions and for being part of this community! > > The next step is to agree as a community that we would like to graduate. > If you have any concerns about graduation, please raise them. > > Below is the draft resolution for the board to create an Apache Iceberg > TLP. This is mostly boilerplate, but I’ve added 2 things: > > 1. I’d like to volunteer to be the PMC chair of the project so I’ve > added myself to the draft. Others are welcome to volunteer as well and we > can decide as a community. > 2. The project description I filled in is: software related to > “managing huge analytic datasets using a standard at-rest table format that > is designed for high performance and ease of use”. > > Establish the Apache Iceberg Project > > 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 distribution at no charge to the public, > related to managing huge analytic datasets using a standard at-rest > table format that is designed for high performance and ease of use.. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee > (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Iceberg Project", be and hereby is > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Iceberg Project be and hereby is responsible > for the creation and maintenance of software related to managing huge > analytic datasets using a standard at-rest table format that is designed > for high performance and ease of use; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Iceberg" 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 Iceberg > Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the > projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Iceberg > 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 Iceberg Project: > > * Anton Okolnychyi <aokolnyc...@apache.org> > * Carl Steinbach <c...@apache.org> > * Daniel C. Weeks <dwe...@apache.org> > * James R. Taylor <jamestay...@apache.org> > * Julien Le Dem <jul...@apache.org> > * Owen O'Malley <omal...@apache.org> > * Parth Brahmbhatt <pa...@apache.org> > * Ratandeep Ratti <r...@apache.org> > * Ryan Blue <b...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ryan Blue be appointed to > the office of Vice President, Apache Iceberg, 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 Apache Iceberg Project be and hereby is tasked with > the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Iceberg > podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator > Iceberg podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter > discharged. > > -- > Ryan Blue >