Folks, I would now call for people to please officially vote on this proposal.
This vote thread will be open for 72 hours - ending on Friday Feb 12, 5:15pm ET.US (UTC-5) The discussion thread already contained votes (eleven +1, including 4 binding, and no 0 or -1), and no negative discussion points, so I am incorporating that thread by reference here. Discussion thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1340f079a36ccc7498231eebbe9a5a0e69570f436d213fa665ca48c0%40%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E The draft board proposal is below for your review. As you all know this is business boilerplate except for our project name, charter statement, the original PMC slate, and VP/Chairperson put forward. Regards, Mike Beckerle Daffodil PMC Chair Elect, Committer *Establish the Apache Daffodil 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 an implementation of the Data Format Description Language (DFDL) used to convert between fixed format data and more readily processed forms such as XML or JSON.* *NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Daffodil Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Daffodil Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to an implementation of the Data Format Description Language (DFDL) used to convert between fixed format data and more readily processed forms such as XML or JSON; and be it further* *RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Daffodil" 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 Daffodil Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Daffodil 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 Daffodil Project:* * * Brandon Sloane <btslo...@apache.org <btslo...@apache.org>> * Christofer Dutz <cd...@apache.org <cd...@apache.org>> * Dave Fisher <w...@apache.org <w...@apache.org>> * Dave Thompson <dthomp...@apache.org <dthomp...@apache.org>> * John Interrante <jinterra...@apache.org <jinterra...@apache.org>> * John Wass <j...@apache.org <j...@apache.org>> * Joshua Adams <jad...@apache.org <jad...@apache.org>> * Kevin Ratnasekera <djkevi...@apache.org <djkevi...@apache.org>> * Mike Beckerle <mbecke...@apache.org <mbecke...@apache.org>> * Steve Lawrence <slawre...@apache.org <slawre...@apache.org>> * Taylor Wise <vtgu...@apache.org <vtgu...@apache.org>> * Olabusayo Kilo <olabus...@apache.org <olabus...@apache.org>>* * NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Mike Beckerle be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Daffodil, 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 Apache Daffodil Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Daffodil podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator Daffodil podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged.* ---------------------------------
