Dear Apache Incubator Community, Apache AGE (Incubating) passed the Community Graduation Vote [1] on Nov 9 2021 with a vote result to graduate the incubation [2].
After unsuccessfully closing the IPMC Graduation Discussion Jan this year, we believe that Apache AGE (Incubating) has resolved all the issues raised at the previous IPMC Graduation and matured well enough to graduate to a TLP. Therefore we would like to raise the topic to graduate again for discussion with the IPMC. The following is a brief summary of the progress of the Apache AGE project and its community during the incubation: - Close to 1000 commits - Added 9 new committers (from 7 different companies/institutions in 7 different countries) and elevated 4 committers to PPMC - 7 Apache releases (AGE 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7 and 1.0 and sub-project AGE Viewer 1.0) from different release managers [3] - 4 mentors, 13 PPMC members / committers (mentors excluded) - 50+ unique contributors - Contributions span more than 20 countries across the globe - Developed and maintained the Apache AGE website [4] - Created an online user guide updated automatically to support new version of AGE. [5] - Assessed ourselves against the Apache Project maturity matrix [6] and didn't find any issues [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/q2cgbnhvpzk2k0m8yfh89lzc75qym9k9 [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/lr3x9bm8jyv6o5kvyh7cf3tyxrpp2kwm [3] Apache AGE website release page <https://age.apache.org/?l=versions> [4] https://age.apache.org/ [5] Online user guide at Apache AGE website <https://age.apache.org/#> under the Documentation menu [6] Apache AGE maturity assessment <https://age.apache.org/?l=maturity> Please see the proposed board resolution below and let us know what you think. The discussion will remain open for at least 72 hours. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Establish the Apache AGE 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 multi-model database that enables graph and relational models built on PostgreSQL. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache AGE Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache AGE Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a multi-model database that enables graph and relational models built on PostgreSQL; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache AGE" 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 AGE Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache AGE 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 AGE Project: * Alex Kwak <emotion...@apache.org> * Dehowe Feng <deho...@apache.org> * Eya Badal <e...@apache.org> * Felix Cheung <felixche...@apache.org> * Jasper Blues <jas...@apache.org> * John Gemignani <jgemign...@apache.org> * Josh Innis <joshin...@apache.org> * Juan Pan <panj...@apache.org> * Kevin Ratnasekera <djkevi...@apache.org> * Nick Sorrell <sorr...@apache.org> * Pieterjan De Potter <pdpot...@apache.org> * Von Gosling <vongosl...@apache.org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Eya Badal be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache AGE, 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 AGE Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator AGE podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator AGE podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged. Thank you, Eya Badal - e...@apache.org
