Hi All
At the recommendation of our mentors the Apache Jena incubator polling is
currently working towards graduation. We recently passed a community vote to
proceed with graduation and held a PPMC vote to select our chairman upon
graduation.
We have also been discussing our board resolution between ourselves and we'd
now like to request feedback from the IPMC to refine this resolution as
necessary prior to submitting it for a formal IPMC vote in the next week or so:
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 accessing, storing, querying,
publishing and reasoning with semantic web data while
adhering to relevant W3C and community standards.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Jena Project",
be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Jena Project be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
related to accessing, storing, querying,
publishing and reasoning with semantic web data while
adhering to relevant W3C and community standards;
and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Jena" 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 Jena Project, and to have primary responsibility
for management of the projects within the scope of
responsibility of the Apache Jena 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 Jena Project:
* Andy Seaborne (andy)
* Benson Marguilies (bimargulies)
* Chris Dollin (chrisdollin)
* Damian Steer (damian)
* Dave Reynolds (der)
* Ian Dickinson (ijd)
* Paolo Castagna (castagna)
* Rob Vesse (rvesse)
* Stephen Allen (sallen)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Andy Seaborne
be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Jena, 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 Jena 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 Jena Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Jena Project be and hereby
is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
Incubator Jena podling; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
Incubator Jena podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
Project are hereafter discharged.
The proposed PMC is composed of all current members plus one of our mentors
(Benson Marguilies) who has graciously agreed to remain on the project for the
time being.
We look forward to receiving your comments
On behalf of the Apache Jena PPMC,
Rob Vesse
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