Hi, I plan on sending the following message to start the discussion about graduation on [email protected]. Please let me know if you have suggestions for improvement. I plan on sending the message tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks, Adina ___________________ The Apache Rya (incubating) community would like to start the discussion about graduation to a top level project. The Apache Rya (incubating) community discussed on the dev@ list about our readiness for graduation [1] and we voted on it affirmatively [2,3]. While in incubation, our community grew, we learned the Apache Way, and we had four released with three different release managers. We went through the process of assessing our project against the Apache Maturity model [4] and we believe we are ready to graduate and continue to grow as a Top Level Project. We worked on creating a graduation resolution and we selected a Chair [5]. The draft resolution is appended below. Please provide your opinion on this. Thank you, Adina [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dd09c2060a754e69e093404e0d57239a555ab5e7d702cf76fd02f820@%3Cdev.rya.apache.org%3E [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f04a55e0f6d4c09d3ffeac487b0bf309eb8e5058f950778214faeb@%3Cdev.rya.apache.org%3E [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d1664b17d8a6bf3d3e4e5f28382bc360fe974f1db8f880c6d97ff278@%3Cdev.rya.apache.org%3E [4] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RYA/Apache+Maturity+Evaluation+for+Rya [5] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3007163bc654df45109c38b4d9a53c7b2137ad0fef660429938a282b@%3Cprivate.rya.apache.org%3E Proposed graduation resolution: Establish the Apache Rya 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 scalable storage, retrieval, and analysis of RDF data. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Rya Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Rya Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to scalable storage, retrieval, and analysis of RDF data; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Rya" 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 Rya Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Rya 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 Rya Project: * Aaron Mihalik <[email protected]> * Adina Crainiceanu <[email protected]> * Billie Rinaldi <[email protected]> * Caleb Meier <[email protected]> * David Lotts <[email protected]> * David Rapp <[email protected]> * Jennifer Brown <[email protected]> * Josh Elser <[email protected]> * Puja Valiyil <[email protected]> * Roshan Punnoose <[email protected]> * Steve R Wagner <[email protected]> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Adina Crainiceanu be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Rya, 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 Rya Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Rya podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Rya podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged. -- Dr. Adina Crainiceanu Associate Professor Computer Science Department United States Naval Academy 410-293-6822 [email protected] http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/adina/
