+1 (binding) On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 2:32 AM, Casey Stella <ceste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone, > > The incubating Apache Metron community believes it is time to graduate > to TLP. > > Apache Metron entered incubation in December of 2015. Since then, we've > overcome technical challenges to remove Category X dependencies, and > made 3 releases. Our most recent release contains binary convenience > artifacts. We are a very helpful and engaged community, ready to answer > all questions and feedback directed to us via the user list. Through our > time in incubation we've added a number of committers and promoted some > of them to PPMC membership. We are actively pursuing others. While we do > still have issues to address raised by means of the maturity model, all > projects are ongoing processes, and we believe we no longer need the > incubator to continue addressing these issues. > > To inform the discussion, here is some basic project information: > > Project status: > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/metron.html > > Project website: > https://metron.incubator.apache.org/ > > Project documentation: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/METRON/Documentation > > Maturity assessment: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/METRON/ > Apache+Project+Maturity+Model > > Community Vote to Graduate: > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/540378e2773b1b2ce2af498e56a643 > 5e547c04948a6b496b9a4ffc71@%3Cdev.metron.apache.org%3E > > DRAFT of the board resolution is at the bottom of this email > > Proposed PMC size: 24 members > > Total number of committers: 6 members > > > 516 commits on develop > 34 contributors across all branches > > dev list averaged ~650 msgs/month for the last 3 months > > > Resolution: > > Establish the Apache Metron 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, for distribution at no charge to the > public, related to a security analytics platform for big data use cases. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Metron Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Metron Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to: > (a) A mechanism to capture, store, and normalize any type of security > telemetry at extremely high rates. > (b) Real time processing and application of enrichments > (c) Efficient information storage > (d) An interface that gives a security investigator a centralized view > of data and alerts passed through the system. > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Metron" 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 Metron Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Metron 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 Metron Project: > > > PPMC: > Mark Bittmann (mbittmann) > Sheetal Dolas (sheetal_dolas) > Debo Dutta (ddutta) > Discovery Gerdes (discovery) > Andrew Hartnett (dev_warlord) > Dave Hirko (dbhirko) > Paul Kehrer (reaperhulk) > Brad Kolarov (bjkolly) > Kiran Komaravolu (kirankom) > Larry McCay (lmccay) > P. Taylor Goetz (ptgoetz) > Ryan Merriman (rmerriman) > Michael Perez (mperez) > Charles Porter (cporter) > Phillip Rhodes (prhodes) > Sean Schulte (sirsean) > James Sirota (jsirota) > Casey Stella (cstella) > Ray Urciuoli(rurcioli) > Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli (vinodkv) > George Vetticaden (gvetticaden) > Oskar Zabik (smogg) > David Lyle (lyle) > Nick Allen (nickallen) > > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Casey Stella > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Metron, 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 Metron 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 Metron Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Metron Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator Metron podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator Metron podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://polygene.apache.org <http://zest.apache.org> - New Energy for Java
