Shindig is the first Apache project I've actively followed, so I wasn't sure whether or not non-binding community votes were considered useful and/or encouraged. Seeing the non-binding vote recorded and acknowledged in the vote summary made me think maybe they are... I searched around this morning trying to learn more about the process and came up with this Apache HttpComponents project page:
http://hc.apache.org/bylaws.html and found this quote: "For PMC decisions, only the votes of the PMC members are binding. All community members are encouraged to vote on public PMC decisions, to display the community support for or concern about the decision. All votes, binding and non-binding, will be recorded in the result mail." Assuming that applies generically to any Apache project (or incubator project), it might be worth pointing that out at the start of a vote to encourage non-binding community members to participate -- I'm guessing there are probably many others who, like myself, weren't really sure whether to vote or not. +1 Jesse Ciancetta -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vincent Siveton Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VOTE] Graduate Apache Shindig as a top level project The VOTE is closed after more than 72 hours. VOTE is passed with 5 +1 (binding) 1 +1 (non binding), no 0 or -1. +1 Binding Paul Lindner Dan Peterson Chris Chabot Upayavira Vincent Siveton +1 Non Binding Samik Chakraborty Thanks to everyone, I will ping general@ and propose a formal graduation vote soon. Vincent 2010/1/8 Vincent Siveton <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > Shindig has been in incubation since December 2007. Apache Shindig is > an OpenSocial container and helps you to start hosting OpenSocial apps > quickly by providing the code to render gadgets, proxy requests, and > handle REST and RPC requests. During last two years, we have voted new > committers and performed 2 releases. We have also created a brand logo > with the community help and resolved licensing issues. > > I'd propose to graduate Shindig as an Apache TLP. I drafted a board > resolution, which we will have to provide to the Incubator PMC as the > basis for the graduation discussion on the Incubator general list. > > Please cast your vote. > > +1 graduate Shindig as TLP > +-0 don't care > -1 don't graduate because... > > Here is my +1. > > Vote open for 72 hours. > > Cheers, > > Vincent > > --- Begin Proposed Board Resolution --- > > 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 the implementation of an OpenSocial container and > OpenSocial API specifications, 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 Shindig PMC", is hereby established pursuant to Bylaws > of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Shindig Project be and hereby is responsible for the > creation and maintenance of software related to the OpenSocial API > specifications, based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it > further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Shindig" be and hereby > is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the > Board of Directors as the chair of Apache Shindig, and to have primary > responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility > of the Apache Shindig PMC; 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 Shindig PMC: > > * Ian Boston (ieb at apache dot org) > * Kevin Brown (etnu at apache dot org) > * Chris Chabot(chabotc at apache dot org) > * Chico Charlesworth (chico at apache dot org) > * Cassie Doll (doll at apache dot org) > * Evan Gilbert (evan at apache dot org) > * John Hjelmstad (johnh at apache dot org) > * Paul Lindner (lindner at apache dot org) > * Daniel Peterson (dpeterson at apache dot org) > * Louis Ryan (lryan at apache dot org) > * Henning Schmiedehausen (henning at apache dot org) > * Vincent Siveton (vsiveton at apache dot org) > * Upayavira (upayavira at apache dot org) > * Adam Winer (awiner at apache dot org) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Paul Lindner be appointed to the > office of Vice President, Apache Shindig, 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 Apache Shindig be and hereby is tasked with the migration > and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Shindig podling; and be it > further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator > Shindig podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter > discharged. > > --- End Proposed Board Resolution --- >
