I will be honest: I was going to wait until post-ApacheCon to gauge my thoughts on graduation. It seemed to me that the Keynote and possible BOFs would be a good way to get some more "external" insights.
I would propose we wait until then, if that's OK. On Mar 26, 2014, at 6:39 AM, Paul Fremantle <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I propose we therefore go ahead with a vote and put together a > resolution? I've taken a first pass at a resolution by basic cut and paste > from previous. > > I'd also like to propose Lakmal as the potential VP. > > Paul > > Initial draft of Resolution: > > Establish the Apache Stratos 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 providing an implementation of a > Platform-as-a-Service foundation. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Stratos Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Stratos Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to providing an implementation of a Platform-as-a-Service > foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Stratos" 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 Stratos Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Stratos 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 Stratos Project: > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that XXXXXXX > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Stratos, 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 initial Apache Stratos PMC be and hereby is > tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to > encourage open development and increased participation in the > Apache Stratos Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Stratos Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Stratos podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Stratos podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > > > On 26 March 2014 00:45, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Ross! That seems accurate to me. :) > > > On 26 March 2014 00:50, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > My name came up and so my filters drew me to this interesting thread. > > Before I comment I should point out that I have not reviewed all the > archives, only this thread. I should also point out that although I > championed this project I did not take on a role as a mentor and have not > been tracking the project. My opinion is therefore non-binding. > > Taking this thread as my only source of data I see no community related > reason why the project should not move for graduation. There seems to be a > little disconnect over what is required in reporting new committers etc. I > hope mentors are addressing that and I trust mentors have ensured releases > are being conducted correctly. But from a community perspective things look > fine. > > Noah has asked whether the PMC is having issues with recognizing non-WSO2 > contributions. Noah has not pointed to specific cases where this can be seen > happening, he is merely raising it as a potential issue. From what I can tell > Noah is more interested in having the PPMC think about and more clearly > document the meritocratic process for this project. This is important, but > need not be a blocker on graduation. The PPMC will eventually figure out that > it needs to be done if the project is to succeed. Indeed, we see evidence of > actions in the PPMC to directly address this. > > There is no requirement for diversity in an Apache project, only a > requirement for the project to operate in a way that facilitates diversity. I > see no evidence of Stratos avoiding diversity. > > Lets not forget that things can always be done better, our goal should not be > perfection or projects would never graduate. > > Ross > > > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Senior Technology Evangelist > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation > > > > > > On 23 March 2014 10:06, Sanjiva Weerawarana <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23 March 2014 17:10, Lakmal Warusawithana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > All together we have done 9 votes, 6 for wso2 and 3 for non-wso2. (I know > > some are still not announced but all vote are finalized, hence the current > > status) > > Those numbers look much better. > > (Though I still don't think we should be talking about un-announced > elections. These people may not accept yet, or the IPMC/board might > reject the appointments, and that could be embarrassing for them. We > have to be very circumspect about this sort of thing!) > > I still suspect we ought to wait a little while longer to see how this > plays out. > > Its clear your view on this is to wait. That's fine - you are of course > entitled to your view. As a long time ASF Member I personally think your view > is rather narrow on this but obviously that's my biased view. > > According to http://incubator.apache.org/projects/stratos.html, there are a > bunch of mentors and of course we have Ross as the champion. What do the rest > of the mentors think? > > Champion rgardler Ross Gardler > Mentors azeez Afkham Azeez > . smarru Suresh Marru > . mpierce Marlon Pierce > . chipchilders Chip Childers > . mnour Mohammad Nour > . nslater Noah Slater > . antelder Ant Elder > In an earlier reply to this thread Chip pretty much said he feels we're good > to go forward. However I will not put words in anyone's email! 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