+1. Congrats >-----Original Message----- >From: Andy Seaborne [mailto:andy.seaborne.apa...@gmail.com] On Behalf >Of Andy Seaborne >Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 5:11 AM >To: general@incubator.apache.org >Subject: [IMPC] [VOTE] Graduate Apache Jena as a Top Level Project > >This is a call for vote to graduate the Apache Jena podling from Apache >Incubator to be a top level project. > >Jena entered incubation in November 2010. The project has added two new >committers and PPMC members, made several releases and has a diverse >committer base. The user and development communities are active. The >PPMC has indicated [1,2,3] that it believes the project is ready to >graduate as a top-level project with the resolution draft below. > >We ask that the IPMC approve this graduation request though this VOTE. > >[1] Vote: http://s.apache.org/jena-graduation-vote >[2] Result: http://s.apache.org/jena-graduation >[3] Request for comments: >http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator- >general/201203.mbox/%3C5C4A33CB-B122-43A8-B082- >CBD63B526DE7%40cray.com%3E > >On behalf of the Apache Jena PPMC, > > Andy > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >[ ] +1 Recommend to the ASF Board that Apache Jena Proposal > is ready to graduate to being a top level project. >[ ] 0 >[ ] -1 Do not graduate Apache Jena because ... > >The vote will be tallied no earlier than: > > Thursday April 5th, at 23:59 UTC. > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >X. Establish the Apache Jena 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 accessing, storing, querying, > publishing and reasoning with semantic web data while > adhering to relevant W3C and community standards. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Jena Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Jena Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to accessing, storing, querying, > publishing and reasoning with semantic web data while > adhering to relevant W3C and community standards; > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Jena" 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 Jena Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Jena 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 Jena Project: > > * Andy Seaborne (andy) > * Benson Marguilies (bimargulies) > * Chris Dollin (chrisdollin) > * Damian Steer (damian) > * Dave Reynolds (der) > * Ian Dickinson (ijd) > * Paolo Castagna (castagna) > * Rob Vesse (rvesse) > * Stephen Allen (sallen) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Andy Seaborne > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Jena, 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 Jena 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 Jena Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Jena Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Jena podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Jena podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
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