The Tuscany podling respectfully requests the Incubator to consider its graduation to a Top Level Project.
While incubating Tuscany has made 14(!) releases, voted in 19 new committers, survived conflicts, formed its PPMC, learned how to govern itself, resolved licensing issues and an active community continues to grow around Tuscany. The community vote for graduation can be found on the Tuscany dev list at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg24675.html We have prepared the resolution below to be presented for consideration at the upcoming Board meeting. We invite everyone to vote to approve this proposal. Many thanks, ...ant Establish the Apache Tuscany 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 that simplifies the development and deployment of service oriented applications and provides a managed service-oriented runtime based on the standards defined by the OASIS OpenCSA group, 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 Tuscany Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Tuscany Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to Apache Tuscany; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Tuscany" 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 Tuscany Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Tuscany 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 Tuscany Project: Adriano Crestani <adrianocrestani at apache dot org> Andrew Borley <ajborley at apache dot org> Andy Grove <agrove at apache dot org> ant elder <antelder at apache dot org> Brady Johnson <bjohnson at apache dot org> Frank Budinsky <frankb at apache dot org> Ignacio Silva-Lepe <isilval at apache dot org> Jean-Sebastien Delfino <jsdelfino at apache dot org> kelvin goodson <kelvingoodson at apache dot org> Luciano Resende <lresende at apache dot org> Mike Edwards <edwardsmj at apache dot org> Pete Robbins <robbinspg at apache dot org> Raymond Feng <rfeng at apache dot org> Simon Laws <slaws at apache dot org> Simon Nash <nash at apache dot org> Venkata Krishnan <svkrish at apache dot org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ant Elder be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Tuscany, 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 Tuscany Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Tuscany podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Tuscany podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter discharged.