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Subject: [VOTE] Graduate Apache Curator as an Apache Top Level Project
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:44:10 -0700
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This message is opening a VOTE to graduate the Apache Curator podling =
from the Apache Incubator as an Apache Top Level Project.
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Apache Curator entered the Incubator in April of 2013. We have made =
significant progress with the project since moving to Apache. We =
currently have 4 committers listed on our status page [1] including 2 =
who were accepted after the podling was formed.  A VOTE was held on the =
curator-dev group with 8 binding +1 and 2 non-binding +1 votes for =
graduation [2]. A VOTE was also held to adopt the graduation resolution =
(below) with 7 +1 votes for acceptance [3]. According to Ohloh, Curator =
has a "large, active development team" [4].
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During incubation, Curator:
* Produced 4 releases
* Added 2 new Committer/PPMC members and showed constant community =
activities
* Cleared IP on code
* Developed roadmap(s) for major and minor releases in a community =
process [5]
* Established that Apache Curator is a suitable name [6]
* Showed that its community is active, healthy, and growing and has =
demonstrated the ability to self-govern using accepted Apache practices
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Please cast your vote:
[ ] +1 Graduate the Apache Curator podling from Apache Incubator as a =
TLP
[ ] +0 Indifferent to the graduation status of Apache Curator podling
[ ] -1 Reject graduation of Apache Curator podling from Apache Incubator =
because ...

We'll run the vote for at least 72 hours.
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[1] http://curator.incubator.apache.org/team-list.html#Contributors
[2] =
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-curator-dev/201308.mbox=
/%3C44CD80F8-10B1-4FBA-A9D9-6DDEA7280FA5%40jordanzimmerman.com%3E
[3] =
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-curator-dev/201308.mbox=
/%3C3859DF43-460C-406E-B816-DD9F4049B4DC%40jordanzimmerman.com%3E
[4] http://www.ohloh.net/p/apache-curator/factoids#FactoidTeamSizeLarge
[5] =
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CURATOR#selectedTab=3Dcom.atlassian.=
jira.plugin.system.project%3Aroadmap-panel
[6] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-28

Sincerely,

The Apache Curator Team

Resolution:

X. Establish the Apache Curator 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=20
       the public, related to a library and tools for working with=20
       Apache ZooKeeper.

       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
       Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Curator Project",
       be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
       Foundation; and be it further

       RESOLVED, that the Apache Curator Project be and hereby is
       responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
       related to a library and tools for working with Apache ZooKeeper;
       and be it further

       RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Curator" 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 Curator Project, and to have primary responsibility
       for management of the projects within the scope of
       responsibility of the Apache Curator 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 Curator Project:

         * Jordan Zimmerman (randgalt)
         * Jay Zarfoss (zarfide)
         * Eric Tschetter (cheddar)
         * Ioannis Canellos (iocanel)
         * Patrick Hunt (phunt)
         * Mahadev Konar (mahadev)
         * Luciano Resende (lresende)
         * Enis S=F6ztutar (enis)

       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jordan Zimmerman
       be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Curator, 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 Curator 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 Curator Project; and be it further

       RESOLVED, that the Apache Curator Project be and hereby
       is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
       Incubator Curator podling; and be it further

       RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
       Incubator Curator podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
       Project are hereafter discharged.


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