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Thanks mahadev On 4/7/10 11:42 AM, "Nigel Daley" <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > Cheers, > Nige > >> On 04/06/2010 01:15 PM, Doug Cutting wrote: >>> Please vote as to whether you think Avro should become a top-level >>> Apache project, as mentioned previously on this list. >>> >>> I've included below a draft board resolution. It lists all current >>> committers as the initial members of the project management committee >>> (PMC) and Matt Massie as the initial chair. >>> >>> Does the Hadoop PMC support sending this proposal on to the board? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Doug >>> >>> ------------ >>> >>> X. Establish the Apache Avro 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 related to data serialization >>> for distribution at no charge to the public. >>> >>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management >>> Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Avro Project", >>> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the >>> Foundation; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the Apache Avro Project be and hereby is >>> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software >>> related to data serialization; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Avro" 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 Avro Project, and to have primary responsibility >>> for management of the projects within the scope of >>> responsibility of the Apache Avro 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 Avro Project: >>> >>> * Doug Cutting <[email protected]> >>> * Jeff Hammerbacher <[email protected]> >>> * Jeff Hodges <[email protected]> >>> * Matt Massie <[email protected]> >>> * Philip Zeyliger <[email protected]> >>> * Scott Banachowski <[email protected]> >>> * Scott Carey <[email protected]> >>> * Sharad Agarwal <[email protected]> >>> * Thiruvalluvan M. G. <[email protected]> >>> >>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Matt Massie >>> be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Avro, 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 Avro 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 Avro Project; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the Apache Avro Project be and hereby >>> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache >>> Hadoop Avro sub-project; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache >>> Hadoop Avro sub-project encumbered upon the >>> Apache Hadoop Project are hereafter discharged. >>>
