+1 to the resolution. I have one minor comment though - my email address is misspelled, it should be [email protected] not jarec@.
Jarcec On Apr 16, 2012, at 2:50 AM, Jim Donofrio wrote: > Chris, > > Thanks for the guidance, I added Patrick Hunt and Nigel Daley to the initial > PMC: > > > X. Establish the Apache MRUnit 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 unit testing Apache Hadoop map > reduce jobs 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 MRUnit Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to unit testing Apache Hadoop map reduce jobs; > and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache MRUnit" 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 MRUnit Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache MRUnit 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 MRUnit Project: > > * Brock Noland [email protected] > * Patrick Hunt [email protected] > * Nigel Daley [email protected] > * Eric Sammer [email protected] > * Aaron Kimball [email protected] > * Konstantin Boudnik [email protected] > * Garrett Wu [email protected] > * Jim Donofrio [email protected] > * Jarek Jarcec Cecho [email protected] > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Brock Noland > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache MRUnit, 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 MRUnit 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 MRUnit Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator MRUnit podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator MRUnit podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > > > On 04/15/2012 08:26 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: >> Hi Jim, >> >> +1 to graduate, and great work pushing this along so far. +1 for >> Brock to be VP. >> >> I'd consider being extra inclusive as far as anyone that's been a mentor or >> PPMC member to date. I would include all mentors as the resolution won't >> likely >> pass unless there are some senior ASF peeps on it. I would at least leave >> Patrick >> (the project's Champion), and also consider adding Nige since he was a big >> supporter >> of the project. At the ASF, merit doesn't expire, and if they've contributed >> ever, they are >> strong members of the community whether they are actively contributing or >> not. Life >> happens, so it's understandable peeps may drift from direct activity from >> time to time. >> >> So, net effect, I'd add Patrick and Nige to the resolution. That being >> said...(and you're >> going to say, hey, what the heck, he just got off his soap box about being >> extra inclusive, >> and...) I've got enough projects on my plate and am super happy with the way >> that >> the MRUnit community has grown and I've felt I've helped in my mentor role >> to date >> and been useful *but*, I'd humbly request that you don't include me in the >> resolution. >> Great job and I wish you guys the best. I'll hang around on the mailing list >> and help >> where I can going forward, but no need to be on another committee for me. >> >> So here's my proposed list: >> >>> * Brock Noland [email protected] >>> * Eric Sammer [email protected] >>> * Aaron Kimball [email protected] >>> * Konstantin Boudnik [email protected] >>> * Garrett Wu [email protected] >>> * Jim Donofrio [email protected] >>> * Jarek Jarcec Cecho [email protected] >> * Patrick Hunt [email protected] >> * Nigel Daley [email protected] >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> >> >> On Apr 15, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Jim Donofrio wrote: >> >>> I added the other 4 committers off that site to the initial PMC list. Do >>> any of the mentors want to stay involved? >>> >>> >>> X. Establish the Apache MRUnit 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 unit testing Apache Hadoop map >>> reduce jobs 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 MRUnit Project", >>> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the >>> Foundation; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby is >>> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software >>> related to unit testing Apache Hadoop map reduce jobs; >>> and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache MRUnit" 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 MRUnit Project, and to have primary responsibility >>> for management of the projects within the scope of >>> responsibility of the Apache MRUnit 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 MRUnit Project: >>> >>> * Brock Noland [email protected] >>> * Eric Sammer [email protected] >>> * Aaron Kimball [email protected] >>> * Konstantin Boudnik [email protected] >>> * Garrett Wu [email protected] >>> * Jim Donofrio [email protected] >>> * Jarek Jarcec Cecho [email protected] >>> >>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Brock Noland >>> be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache MRUnit, 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 MRUnit 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 MRUnit Project; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby >>> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache >>> Incubator MRUnit podling; and be it further >>> >>> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache >>> Incubator MRUnit podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator >>> Project are hereafter discharged. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 04/15/2012 03:36 PM, Brock Noland wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> This looks good me! Also, thank you for the honor of suggesting >>>> myself as VP! :) >>>> >>>> I would think that the committers mentioned on this page >>>> http://incubator.apache.org/projects/mrunit.html would also be in the >>>> list? Many of them have been active, if not on JIRA, recently. >>>> >>>> Brock >>>> >>>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Jim Donofrio<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> In our last incubator report [1] the 3 blockers were: >>>>> * Grow the community size and diversity >>>>> * Make another incubating release >>>>> * Construct an MRUnit website to replace the existing stub >>>>> >>>>> We have since: >>>>> * Added a new committer >>>>> * 0.9.0-incubating will get released in the next few days >>>>> * We have a new website >>>>> >>>>> From the beginning of incubation we have: >>>>> * Added 3 new committers/PPMC members >>>>> * Done 4 releases once 0.9.0-incubating is released >>>>> * Created a real website >>>>> >>>>> I think it is time to draft a proposal. Once we get consensus we can >>>>> start a >>>>> VOTE thread within the PPMC. >>>>> If all goes well then we can start a DISCUSS thread on general@incubator >>>>> and >>>>> eventually a VOTE thread there. >>>>> >>>>> Here is the proposal I came up with. As Chris suggested below I am also +1 >>>>> on making Brock VP. I started the initial PMC list >>>>> with the current 3 active committers, I wasnt sure who of the mentors and >>>>> previous Hadoop committers want to also be part of the PMC. >>>>> >>>>> The proposal is just the canned one from [2] except I replaced MRUnit for >>>>> ${Project} and put in Brock for VP along with the PMC members. >>>>> I guess besides the initial PMC list the only part to think about is the >>>>> ${DESCRIPTION-AND-SCOPE} which I set to be: unit testing Apache Hadoop map >>>>> reduce jobs . >>>>> >>>>> X. Establish the Apache MRUnit 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 unit testing Apache Hadoop map >>>>> reduce jobs 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 MRUnit Project", >>>>> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the >>>>> Foundation; and be it further >>>>> >>>>> RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby is >>>>> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software >>>>> related to unit testing Apache Hadoop map reduce jobs; >>>>> and be it further >>>>> >>>>> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache MRUnit" 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 MRUnit Project, and to have primary responsibility >>>>> for management of the projects within the scope of >>>>> responsibility of the Apache MRUnit 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 MRUnit Project: >>>>> >>>>> * Brock Noland [email protected] >>>>> * Jim Donofrio [email protected] >>>>> * Jarek Jarcec Cecho [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Brock Noland >>>>> be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache MRUnit, 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 MRUnit 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 MRUnit Project; and be it further >>>>> >>>>> RESOLVED, that the Apache MRUnit Project be and hereby >>>>> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache >>>>> Incubator MRUnit podling; and be it further >>>>> >>>>> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache >>>>> Incubator MRUnit podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator >>>>> Project are hereafter discharged. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [1]:http://incubator.apache.org/mrunit/ppmc/incubator_reports.html#march-2012 >>>>> [2]: >>>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/board/templates/podling-tlp-resolution.txt >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Jim, >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 24, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Jim Donofrio wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I updated the status page at >>>>>>> http://incubator.apache.org/projects/mrunit.html and rebuilt the Clutch >>>>>>> with news, most up to date committer list, and links to all of our >>>>>>> status reports. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is improving the website the only holdup to graduation to a TLP at this >>>>>>> point or is that even necessary? What are the next steps after that? >>>>>>> There has been a large uptick in interest in the project over the last >>>>>>> month or so and I think graduation would only help to continue this. >>>>>> I agree. I think website branding and improvement is something that's >>>>>> pretty important, >>>>>> especially considering some of the recent discussions around Thrift which >>>>>> graduated >>>>>> from the Incubator a while ago, but hadn't really done a lot of work to >>>>>> reflect branding >>>>>> on its website. I think we need to spruce it up. It's not a blocker, but >>>>>> it's a "good thing" >>>>>> to do IMHO. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Over the last month or so we have gotten 2 useful patches from 2 >>>>>>> independent contributors in MRUNIT-68 and MRUNIT-91, several new JIRA's >>>>>>> added from 3 independent reporters in MRUNIT-91, 88, 70, and a tutorial >>>>>>> on our wiki from another independent contributor. >>>>>> Yep I think we're pretty much there. To really start the discussion, I'd >>>>>> recommend >>>>>> checking out some existing TLPs which recently graduate, and their >>>>>> graduation >>>>>> resolution, e.g., here's some discussion around Lucy's: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://s.apache.org/o2 >>>>>> >>>>>> Besides the resolution, we'd need to: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Hold a community VOTE on lucy-dev@ (I'd recommend drafting the >>>>>> resolution there >>>>>> first). >>>>>> 2. Hold a VOTE on general@incubator with the IPMC (they are the ones >>>>>> making >>>>>> the recommendation to the board) >>>>>> 3. Add the resolution to the board agenda for its next meeting, which >>>>>> would be sometime >>>>>> in April. >>>>>> >>>>>> A precursor to #1 is deciding who would be the most likely candidate for >>>>>> MRUnit VP. I >>>>>> think Brock would make a good VP for the project, based on the work and >>>>>> effort he's >>>>>> put in so far, and his willingness to be part of the Apache process and >>>>>> to >>>>>> help prepare >>>>>> the existing reports. >>>>>> >>>>>> That being said, it would be great to target the April or May board >>>>>> meeting for graduation, >>>>>> but I think that's plenty of time to at least build a minimal website for >>>>>> the MRUnit project >>>>>> that complies with Apache branding requirements. It doesn't have to be >>>>>> flashy, but should >>>>>> at least comply with branding. >>>>>> >>>>>> My 2c. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Chris >>>>>> >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >>>>>> Senior Computer Scientist >>>>>> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >>>>>> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >>>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>>> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >>>>>> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> Senior Computer Scientist >> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> Email: [email protected] >> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >>
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