Hi! after a very positive discussion in the Geode community and at the IPMC level: http://markmail.org/message/z4prj62hr7rn6cu6 I'd like to bring the following resolution for a formal vote.
Please vote on the resolution pasted below to graduate Apache Geode from the incubator to top level project. [ ] +1 Graduate Apache Geode from the Incubator. [ ] +0 Don't care. [ ] -1 Don't graduate Apache Geode from the Incubator because... This vote will be open for at least 72 hours. Many thanks to our mentors and everyone else for the support, Roman (on behalf of the Apache Geode PPMC). Resolution: Establish the Apache Geode 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, for distribution at no charge to the public, related to a data management platform that provides real-time, consistent access to data-intensive applications throughout widely distributed cloud architectures. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Geode Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Geode Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a data management platform that provides real-time, consistent access to data-intensive applications throughout widely distributed cloud architectures. RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Geode" 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 Geode Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Geode 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 Geode Project: * Anilkumar Gingade <aging...@apache.org> * Anthony Baker <aba...@apache.org> * Ashvin Agrawal <ash...@apache.org> * Avinash Dongre <adon...@apache.org> * Barry Oglesby < bogle...@apache.org> * Bruce Schuchardt <bschucha...@apache.org> * Dan Smith <upthewatersp...@apache.org> * Darrel Schneider <dschnei...@apache.org> * Dave Barnes <dbar...@apache.org> * Eric Shu <esh...@apache.org> * Greg Chase <gregch...@apache.org> * Hitesh Khamesra <hiteshkhame...@apache.org> * Jason Huynh <jasonhu...@apache.org> * Jens Deppe <jensde...@apache.org> * Jianxia Chen <jche...@apache.org> * Jinmei Liao <jinmeil...@apache.org> * John Blum <jxb...@apache.org> * Karen Miller <kmil...@apache.org> * Konstantin Boudnik <c...@apache.org> * Kirk Lund <kl...@apache.org> * Mark Bretl <mbr...@apache.org> * Nabarun Nag <n...@apache.org> * Niall Pemberton <nia...@apache.org> * Nitin Lamba <nla...@apache.org> * Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> * Sai Boorlagadda <sai_boorlaga...@apache.org> * Swapnil Bawaskar <sbawas...@apache.org> * Udo Kohlmeyer <u...@apache.org> * William Markito <mark...@apache.org> * Xiaojian Zhou <zho...@apache.org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Mark Bretl be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Geode, 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 Geode 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 Geode Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Geode Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Geode podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Geode 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