In preparation [1] of a vote to propose that the IPMC recommends this resolution to the board, I am posting the resolution that was drawn up by the ACE community and its mentors. Please provide feedback so we can finalize its wording.
[1] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#ipmc-top-level-recommendation Greetings, Marcel X. Establish the Apache ACE 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 the management and deployment of OSGi based and other software artifacts 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 ACE Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache ACE Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to the management and deployment of OSGi based and other software artifacts; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache ACE" 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 ACE Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache ACE 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 ACE Project: * Angelo van der Sijpt <ange...@apache.org> * Brian Topping <btopp...@apache.org> * Clement Escoffier <clem...@apache.org> * Carsten Ziegeler <cziege...@apache.org> * Jean-Baptiste Onofre <jbono...@apache.org> * Karl Pauls <kpa...@apache.org> * Marcel Offermans <ma...@apache.org> * Toni Menzel <to...@apache.org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Marcel Offermans be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache ACE, 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 ACE 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 ACE Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache ACE Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator ACE podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator ACE podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter discharged.