Dear couchdb-dev list,

please note that the mail below was purely informational. The VOTE is
not running here on couchdb-dev, but on general@incubator.apache.org.

Cheers
Jan
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On Nov 8, 2008, at 14:18, Jan Lehnardt wrote:

> Dear Incubator General List, dear IPMC,
>
> thank you all for your comments on whether CouchDB should graduate
> from the Incubator to a top level project. I think we have your  
> support.
> On behalf of the Apache CouchDB PPMC I am now calling a vote:
>
> [ ] Yes, CouchDB is ready to become a top lavel project at the ASF  
> and the
>     IPMC will recommend the proposed resolution quoted below to the  
> Board.
>
> [ ] No, CouchDB is not yet ready, it should stay in the Incubator.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Cheers
> Jan
> --
>
> On Nov 3, 2008, at 18:19, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
>
>> Dear Incubator General List,
>>
>> The community and developers of Apache CouchDB deem
>> the project ready for graduation to a top level Apache project.
>>
>> couchdb-dev@incubator.apache.org vote summary:
>>
>>   http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-couchdb-dev/200810.mbox/%3c8D010720-DA8E-4096-996B-71539FDC5A37@sauria.com%3e
>>
>> Message IDs for informal(*) PPMC vote to appoint Damien Katz to  
>> become
>> "Vice President, CouchDB":
>>
>>   82D8D63F-723C-4814-80B5-8439F2E0371F@apache.org
>>   20081030163622.GJ3293@bytesexual.org
>>   6562D708-928C-4BC3-9573-907E48A17B39@yahoo.com
>>   4A8404E2-7CF1-4075-A779-A59A1E41851F@jaguNET.com
>>   7557e99f0810310411p3cb3eb9bnf8b1e8b1af4f1a32@mail.gmail.com
>>   e282921e0810310904k1e1c4d59we96816da1b94a80c@mail.gmail.com
>>
>> (* Sorry we didn't to a formal vote and hence no formal [RESULT]  
>> message)
>>
>> --
>>
>> We would like to ask the IPMC to discuss the following Board  
>> resolution to be
>> recommended to the Board. Once your feedback is collected and  
>> integrated,
>> we will ask you to vote on the final resolution. Thank you!
>>
>> --
>>
>> Proposed Board Resolution:
>>
>> Establish the Apache CouchDB 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 implementing a distributed, fault-
>> tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database 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 CouchDB Project",
>> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
>> Foundation; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED, that the Apache CouchDB Project be and hereby is
>> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
>> related to implementing a distributed, fault-tolerant and
>> schema-free document-oriented database; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, CouchDB" 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 CouchDB Project, and to have primary responsibility for
>> management of the projects within the scope of responsibility
>> of the Apache CouchDB 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 CouchDB Project:
>>
>> * J Chris Anderson (jchris@apache.org)
>> * Damien Katz      (damien@apache.org)
>> * Christopher Lenz (cmlenz@web.de)
>> * Jan Lehnardt     (jan@apache.org)
>> * Noah Slater      (nslater@apache.org)
>>
>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Damien
>> Katz be appointed to the office of Vice President, CouchDB, 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 CouchDB Project be and hereby
>> is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
>> encourage open development and increased participation in the
>> CouchDB Project; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED, that the initial Apache CouchDB Project be and hereby
>> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
>> Incubator CouchDB podling; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache
>> Incubator CouchDB podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
>> PMC are hereafter discharged.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Again, thanks for your cooperation!
>>
>>
>> For the Apache CouchDB PPMC,
>> Jan
>> --
>> PS: Thanks to Noah Slater for proofreading.
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