The vote to approve the graduation of Buildr as a top-level project has now ended with 13 +1 votes (incl. 8 binding) and no other votes.
Binding: * Martijn Dashorst * Bertrand Delacrétaz * Paul Fremantle * Jim Jagielski * Gianugo Rabellino * Matthieu Riou * Craig L. Russell * Yoav Shapira Non-binding: * Niklas Gustavsson * Erik Hatcher * Daniel Kulp * Luciano Resende * Carl Trieloff Thank you for your participation and congratulations to the Buildr project for this important milestone! alex On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Alex Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The Buildr community is requesting to graduate from the incubator as a > top-level project. We've recently held a > vote<http://n2.nabble.com/-VOTE--Graduation-Board-Resolution-td1347057.html>to > gauge the support of the community and feedback was all positive. The > project meets all incubator requirements and guidelines and has been in the > incubator for a little more than one year. There have been several releases, > the community is growing steadily, no pending IP issues and development is > pretty active. > > For background you can see our incubation status page: > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/buildr.html > > After soliciting feedback on this list 5 days ago, I am now asking the > Incubator PMC to approve this graduation. > > Please vote on approving the graduation of Buildr. This vote is open for > the next 72 hours and only votes from Incubator PMC members are binding. > > [ ] +1 Approve graduation of Buildr as a Top-Level Project > [ ] -1 Buildr is not ready to graduate > > > --- 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 > a Ruby-based build system that is suitable for small and large > projects and multi-lingual integration, for distribution > at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Buildr Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that The Apache Buildr Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of a software > project related to a Ruby-based build system that is suitable > for small and large projects and multi-lingual integration. > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Buildr" 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 Buildr Project, and to have primary responsibility for > management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of > The Apache Buildr 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 Buildr Project: > > - Assaf Arkin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Alex Boisvert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Victor Hugo Borja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Antoine Contal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > - Matthieu Riou ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Alex Boisvert be > and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, > Apache Buildr, 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 Buildr 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 Buildr Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Buildr Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Buildr podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Buildr podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > PMC are hereafter discharged. > --- End Proposed Board Resolution --- > >
