This is a call for vote to graduate Flume podling from Apache Incubator. Flume entered the Incubator in June of 2011. Since then it has added nine new committers and made two signifiant releases following the ASF policies and guidelines. The community of Flume is active, healthy and growing and has demonstrated the ability to self-govern using accepted Apache practices. Flume community has voted to proceed with graduation [1] and the result can be found at [2].
Please cast your votes: [ ] +1 Graduate Flume podling from Apache Incubator [ ] +0 Indifferent to the graduation status of Flume podling [ ] -1 Reject graduation of Flume podling from Apache Incubator This vote will be open for 72 hours. Please find the proposed board resolution below. [1] http://s.apache.org/Ckq [2] http://s.apache.org/DBv Regards, Arvind Prabhakar X. Establish the Apache Flume 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 a system for aggregating large amounts of log data on Apache Hadoop's HDFS and other scalable storage systems 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 Flume Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Flume Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a system for aggregating large amounts of log data on Apache Hadoop's HDFS and other scalable storage systems; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Flume" 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 Flume Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Flume 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 Flume Project: * Aaron Kimball kimba...@apache.org * Andrew Bayer aba...@apache.org * Ahmed Radwan ah...@apache.org * Arvind Prabhakar arv...@apache.org * Brock Noland br...@apache.org * Bruce Mitchener bru...@apache.org * Derek Deeter ddee...@apache.org * Eric Sammer esam...@apache.org * Hari Shreedharan hshreedha...@apache.org * Henry Robinson he...@apache.org * Jaroslav Cecho jar...@apache.org * Jonathan Hsieh jmhs...@apache.org * Juhani Connolly juha...@apache.org * Mike Percy mpe...@apache.org * Mingjie Lai m...@apache.org * Nick Verbeck nerdyn...@apache.org * Patrick Hunt ph...@apache.org * Prasad Mujumdar pras...@apache.org * Ralph Goers rgo...@apache.org * Will McQueen w...@apache.org NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Arvind Prabhakar be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Flume, 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 Flume 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 Flume Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Flume Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Flume podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Flume podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter discharged.
