Hi all, The FreeMarker community has discussed [1] and voted [2] positively on graduating to a top level project (TLP). The resolution for the graduation has been proposed and discussed in this list [3]. Information about FreeMarker can be found in the status page [4], in the project maturity model [5] and in the website [6].
I am now calling a VOTE to ask the IPMC to recommend the resolution to the ASF Board: the proposed resolution can be found at the bottom of this email. The vote will be open for 72 hours. [ ] +1 recommend to the Board the resolution to graduate Apache FreeMarker to a TLP [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 don't graduate Apache FreeMarker to a TLP (please specify a reason) Thanks, Jacopo Cappellato References: [1] Community graduation discussion: https://s.apache.org/gYMw [2] Community graduation vote: https://s.apache.org/MNdd [3] Incubator resolution discussion: https://s.apache.org/xdI3 [4] Project status page: http://incubator.apache.org/projects/freemarker.html [5] Project maturity model: https://s.apache.org/ixlR [6] Freemarker website: https://freemarker.apache.org/ The proposed Resolution of the Apache FreeMarker project: ------ Establish the Apache FreeMarker 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 template engine. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache FreeMarker Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache FreeMarker Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a template engine, and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache FreeMarker" 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 FreeMarker Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache FreeMarker 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 FreeMarker Project: * Dániel Dékány <ddek...@apache.org> * David E. Jones <jone...@apache.org> * Jacopo Cappellato <jaco...@apache.org> * Jacques Le Roux <jler...@apache.org> * Nan Lei <nan...@apache.org> * Sergio Fernández <wik...@apache.org> * Woonsan Ko <woon...@apache.org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Dániel Dékány be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache FreeMarker, 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 FreeMarker Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator FreeMarker podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator FreeMarker podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter discharged. ------
