Hi IPMCers and Incubator community, The Aries community has been discussing graduation and we feel we are ready to graduate to a new TLP [1]. We subsequently voted [2]. As a commnunity we were unanimous in deciding to graduate to a new TLP. We voted [3] on putting forward the resolution below for the next Board meeting to promote Aries to an Apache TLP and graduate from the Incubator. As per the graduation guide [4], the Aries PPMC voted on the position of Chair. That Vote is here [5] and Result is here [6] (Aries PPMC list membership required).
Please VOTE on the below resolution for promoting Aries to an Apache TLP and graduating from the Incubator. The VOTE is open for 72 hours. [ ] +1 Accept Aries' graduation from the Incubator [ ] +0 Don't care. [ ] -1 Don't accept Aries' graduation from the Incubator because ... ## Resolution to create a TLP from graduating Incubator podling X. Establish the Apache Aries 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 related to a set of pluggable Java components enabling an enterprise OSGi application programming model for deployment to a variety of OSGi based runtimes, 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 Aries Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Aries Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a set of pluggable Java components enabling an enterprise OSGi application programming model for deployment to a variety of OSGi based runtimes; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Aries" 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 Aries Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Aries 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 Aries Project: * A. J. David Bosschaert <dav...@apache.org> * Adam Wojtuniak <awojtun...@apache.org> * Alan Cabrera <a...@apache.org> * Alan T Keane <a...@apache.org> * Alasdair Nottingham <n...@apache.org> * Andrew Osborne <o...@apache.org> * Bartosz Kowalewski <bko...@apache.org> * Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> * Carsten Ziegeler <cziege...@apache.org> * Chris Wilkinson <cwil...@apache.org> * Davanum Srinivas <d...@apache.org> * David Jencks <djen...@apache.org> * Emily Jiang <eji...@apache.org> * Eoghan Glynn <egl...@apache.org> * Graham Charters <g...@apache.org> * Guillaume Nodet <gno...@apache.org> * Hiram R. Chirino <chir...@apache.org> * Holly Cummins <cummi...@apache.org> * Ian Robinson <irob...@apache.org> * J. Daniel Kulp <dk...@apache.org> * James Strachan <jstrac...@apache.org> * Jarek Gawor <ga...@apache.org> * Jean Sebastien Delfino <jsdelf...@apache.org> * Jeremy Hughes <hugh...@apache.org> * Joseph Alan Bohn <jb...@apache.org> * Kevan Lee Miller <ke...@apache.org> * Kiril Malenkov Mitov <kmi...@apache.org> * Lei Wang <rwo...@apache.org> * Lin Sun <lin...@apache.org> * Mark Nuttall <mnutt...@apache.org> * Niklas Gustavsson <n...@apache.org> * Nikolai Dimitrov Tankov <nikol...@apache.org> * Par Niclas Hedhman <nic...@apache.org> * Richard McGuire <rickmcgu...@apache.org> * Sabine Heider <heider...@apache.org> * Sergey Beryozkin <serg...@apache.org> * Stuart McCulloch <mccu...@apache.org> * Timothy James Ward <timothyjw...@apache.org> * Valentin Mahrwald <mahrw...@apache.org> * Violeta Georgieva Georgieva <violet...@apache.org> * Zhaohui Feng <rf...@apache.org> * Zoe Slattery <z...@apache.org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jeremy Hughes be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Aries, 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 Aries 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 Aries Project; and be it further [1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-aries-dev/201010.mbox/%3caanlkti=mbtw9a9amlz6l=eo-w_ws79ejzgmrivynm...@mail.gmail.com%3e [2] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-aries-dev/201010.mbox/%3caanlktik4_wgfsivy3qnwpd2v1j-gk6zspw9hp96vt...@mail.gmail.com%3e [3] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-aries-dev/201011.mbox/%3caanlkti=xpi0edlxzuzja7maaq-jdd8rgd1wgeib5m...@mail.gmail.com%3e [4] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#tlp-resolution [5] aries-private-thread....@incubator.apache.org [6] aries-private-get....@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org