+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
>

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