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Hi Joe,

I would say that committers indicating approval or otherwise would seem 
to be appropriate, particularly if we want to get the general@incubator 
vote started soon.

Cheers,
     Gary


On 08/03/13 10:54, Joachim Dreimann wrote:
> Not sure whether we're supposed to vote on this, but..
>
> +1
>
>
> On 7 March 2013 11:52, Gary Martin <gary.martin@wandisco.com> wrote:
>
>> On 07/03/13 01:41, Greg Stein wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Gary Martin <gary.martin@wandisco.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> We can take all current BH committers and put them onto the PMC
>>>>> roster. Individuals can remove themselves.
>>>>>
>>>> In which case shall we skip the invitation to mentors, put them all on
>>>> the
>>>> PMC and let them remove themselves if they wish? Just to speed things
>>>> along!
>>>>
>>> Yeah. None of the mentors (active or not) are going to mess up the
>>> PMC, so it can't hurt. And if they don't get their name off the list
>>> before the Board votes on it, then they can also be removed later. Not
>>> hard.
>>>
>>> The Board does like to see at least one ASF Member on every PMC(*),
>>> and by my count you'll have four (myself, Brane, Hyrum, and Gavin).
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -g
>>>
>>> (*) even this isn't an absolute requirement, but close to it; a PMC
>>> with no ASF Members generally doesn't have a way to nominate PMC
>>> Members for ASF Membership; that is very bad for the long term, as we
>>> want to see projects better overseen by ASF Members; the Board usually
>>> finds a Director that is willing to volunteer to be added to the
>>> roster, fulfilling its desire for "at least one".
>>>
>> Excellent.
>>
>> So, given what has been discussed so far, at the end of this message is a
>> draft of the resolution based on a template with the following
>> substitutions:
>>
>> ${PROJECT} = "Bloodhound"
>> ${DESCRIPTION-AND-SCOPE} = "a software development collaboration tool,
>> including issue tracking, wiki and repository browsing"
>>
>> I have also added all mentors and current Bloodhound committers to the
>> list of initial PMC members (alphabetical by surname) and put my name as
>> the chair. Obviously all these details remain subject to change (I don't
>> mean this to cement my position as chair - please do volunteer if you want
>> this role and please do not consider it as ruffling feathers or being too
>> much trouble to make the change to the resolution.)
>>
>> I lifted the description and scope directly from the description on the
>> incubation status page (http://incubator.apache.org/**
>> projects/bloodhound.html<http://incubator.apache.org/projects/bloodhound.html>).
>> Is there any need to adjust this? (Note that the phrase appears twice in
>> the text if any change is necessary.)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> X. Establish the Apache Bloodhound 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 software development collaboration
>> tool, including issue tracking, wiki and repository browsing.
>>
>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
>> Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Bloodhound Project",
>> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
>> Foundation; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED, that the Apache Bloodhound Project be and hereby is
>> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
>> related to a software development collaboration tool, including
>> issue tracking, wiki and repository browsing; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Bloodhound" 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 Bloodhound Project, and to have primary responsibility
>> for management of the projects within the scope of
>> responsibility of the Apache Bloodhound 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 Bloodhound Project:
>>
>> * Mat Booth <mbooth@apache.org>
>> * Matevž Bradač <matevz@apache.org>
>> * John Chambers <chambej@apache.org>
>> * Branko Čibej <brane@apache.org>
>> * Joachim Dreimann <jdreimann@apache.org>
>> * Andrej Golcov <andrej@apache.org>
>> * Peter Koželj <peter@apache.org>
>> * Gary Martin <gjm@apache.org>
>> * Gavin McDonald <gmcdonald@apache.org>
>> * Ryan Ollos <rjollos@apache.org>
>> * Mark Poole <mpoole@apache.org>
>> * Greg Stein <gstein@apache.org>
>> * Hyrum K. Wright <hwright@apache.org>
>> * Jure Žitnik <jure@apache.org>
>>
>>
>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Gary Martin
>> be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Bloodhound, 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 Bloodhound 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 Bloodhound Project; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED, that the Apache Bloodhound Project be and hereby
>> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
>> Incubator Bloodhound podling; and be it further
>>
>> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
>> Incubator Bloodhound podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
>> Project are hereafter discharged.
>>
>>
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