Updated with: - Patricia's comments - Added Jukka as a PMC member - Removed the "Special Order" bit at the end
(My +1 Jukka vote is implied in this update...) On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Tom Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote: > As you may be aware, the River team is currently pushing towards > graduation and becoming a Top Level Project of the ASF. Part of this > process is the creation of a "Resolution". You can find our draft > resolution below. As suggested by the Apache site, it's based on > someone else's (accepted) resolution - in this case Harmony's. We'd > be grateful if you could take some time to review this resolution and > let us have any comments about it before we put it to an official > vote. > > Information on resolution and charters can be found here; > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#tlp-resolution > > Many thanks, > > Tom > > RESOLUTION FOLLOWS... > > Establish the Apache River 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 providing an implementing the > Jini and Java Spaces specifications, and other software that is > commonly associated with distributed Jini architectures, 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 River Project", be and hereby is > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache River Project be and hereby is responsible > for the creation and maintenance of software providing and implementing > the Jini and Java Spaces specifications, and other software that is > commonly associated with distributed Jini architectures, for > distribution at no charge to the public. > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, River" 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 River Project, and > to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within > the scope of responsibility of the Apache River 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 River Project: > > * Jonathan Costers ([email protected]) > * Peter Firmstone ([email protected]) > * Tom Hobbs ([email protected]) > * Jim Hurley ([email protected]) > * Sim IJskes ([email protected]) > * Brian Murphy ([email protected]) > * Robert Resendes ([email protected]) > * Patricia Shanahan ([email protected]) > * Greg Trasuk ([email protected]) > * Jim Waldo ([email protected]) * Jukka Zitting ([email protected]) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Tom Hobbs be > appointed to the office of Vice President, River, 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 River Project be and hereby is > tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open > development and increased participation in the River Project; and be > it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache River Project be and hereby is > tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator > River podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache Incubator > River podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter > discharged. >
