On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Joe Germuska wrote: > >Following up on a brief thread on this list in December [1], Craig, Ted > >and I have put together a draft resolution to the board of directors [2], > >along with a cover letter [3], that would promote Struts to an Apache > >top-level project (TLP). > > > >The main reasons for moving to a TLP are described on the wiki [4]. In > >Craig's words, "The short answer, though, is we will be in charge of our > >own releases (currently, the Jakarta PMC is the only body legally > >recognized to vote on releases of *any* software under Jakarta)." In > >practice, we can really just continue doing what we've always done. > > > >As most of you are no doubt aware, several Jakarta sub-projects have > >already made the transition to TLPs, including Ant, Avalon, Gump, James, > >Log4J, Maven, OJB, and Torque. Most Jakarta PMC members seem to be in > >favour of the migrations, largely because a single PMC cannot possibly > >oversee a code base the size of all of Jakarta. > > > >If you're OK with Struts being a top-level Apache project, please respond > >to this thread with either a +1 or +0. Otherwise, please reply with your > >concerns. When we previously discussed this, it did not seem like anyone > >was opposed to the idea, but if anyone is, now is the time to speak up. > > > >The resolution as drafted lists the Struts Committers who could > >reasonably be considered active at this time. Of course, we should not > >put anyone on the PMC without their buy-in, so the final resolution would > >only list the Committers who responded to the Vote with a +1 or +0. > > > >The draft resolution also leaves the name of the Vice President blank. > >Craig seems like the logical candidate, and is willing to act in this > >capacity, but we wanted the VP selection to be a community decision. So, > >please also respond with your nomination for Vice President, Apache > >Struts. > > > >Here's my +1 on the resolution as drafted, and my +1 for Craig as Vice > >President. > > +1 for Struts as a top level project > +1 for Craig as VP > > Please feel free to add my name to the cover letter.
Done. I have also added you to the proposed PMC. I apologise for missing your name off the list - it should have been on both from the start. -- Martin Cooper > > Joe > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
