Looks good to me
+1 :)
On Jun 30, 2012 12:28 PM, "Jukka Zitting" <jukka.zitting@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net> wrote:
> > This so far has lead us to the conclusion that there really isn't any
> > "incubating" that needs to be done.
> >
> > I'd like to open the topic up for discussion.
>
> Here's what I wrote about this on board@:
>
> There's plenty of precedent of existing TLPs spawning off subprojects
> without having them first go through the Incubator, and I don't see
> why stuff from infra would need to be treated differently.
>
> However, there's also precedent of TLPs bringing subprojects to the
> Incubator to grow the community and to evaluate when critical mass for
> a TLP has been reached.
>
> I'd say it's up to infra and the people who're already working on the
> STV tools to decide which path to follow. The Incubator would of
> course be happy to help (in the ways it can), but I see no hard reason
> why the Incubator would absolutely need be involved if a good enough
> community already exists for a TLP.
>
> > To kick things off, I'd copy the draft ASF Board resolution into the
> > incubator wiki, but apparently "SamRuby" is not in the ContributorsGroup.
>
> Fixed.
>
> > If somebody could rectify that and/or copy the resolution into the wiki,
> I
> > would appreciate that. There's not much to see there, it simply is a
> > routine resolution, full of words like WHEREAS, THEREFORE, and RESOLVED.
> >
> > https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/foundation/board/apache-steve.txt
>
> Not sure if it needs to be on the wiki, so for now I'm just including
> a copy of the proposed resolution below:
>
> 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 voting systems.
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
> Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Steve Project", be
> and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation;
> and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that the Apache Steve Project be and hereby is
> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
> related to voting systems; and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Steve" 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 Steve Project, and to have primary responsibility for
> management of the projects within the scope of responsibility
> of the Apache Steve 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 Steve Project:
>
> * Jim Jagielski <jim@apache.org>
> * Chris A. Mattmann <mattmann@apache.org>
> * Sam Ruby <rubys@apache.org>
> * Greg Stein <gstein@apache.org>
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jim Jagielski be
> appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Steve, 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 Steve Project be and hereby
> is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
> encourage open development and increased participation in the
> Apache Steve Project.
>
> BR,
>
> Jukka Zitting
>
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