[PASSED] [VOTE] Cayenne Graduation Board Proposal

[Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>]

I am going to close the voting. The proposal has passed unanimously  
with 12 total votes, of which 6 are PPMC members and 1 is Incubator  
PMC member. Here is a list of voters:

Andrus Adamchik (PPMC)
Craig Russell
Malcolm Edgar (committer)
Matt Kerr
Tore Halset (PPMC)
Ari Maniatis
Bill Dudney (PPMC)
Michael Gentry (PPMC)
Mike Kienenberger (PPMC)
Jean T. Anderson (PPMC / Incubator PMC)
Kevin Menard (committer)
Jason Dwyer

I am going to start a vote on the Incubator list shortly.

Andrus


On Nov 28, 2006, at 3:29 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
> There haven't been any new suggestions regarding the draft, so I am  
> going to start a formal vote.
>
> This vote is to affirm that Cayenne community thinks that we are  
> ready to start the graduation from the Incubator, and specifically  
> on the text of the proposed Board resolution.
>
> I would encourage everybody who cares about Cayenne to cast the  
> votes to show support, as this is a vote on the community  
> consensus. Although technically only PPMC members votes will be  
> considered binding.
>
> And here is my +1.
>
> Andrus
>
>
> --------
>
> Apache Cayenne developers have voted to request the ASF Board to  
> establish
> Cayenne as a Top Level Project at the ASF. Here is the text of the  
> suggested
> resolution:
>
>        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 related to object-relational mapping (ORM)
>        and remoting services, 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 Cayenne PMC", be  
> and
>        hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and
>        be it further
>
>        RESOLVED, that the Apache Cayenne PMC be and hereby is
>        responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
>        related to the Cayenne Object Relational Framework and tools,
>        based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further
>
>        RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache  
> Cayenne" 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 Cayenne PMC, and to have primary responsibility for
>        management of the projects within the scope of responsibility
>        of the Apache Cayenne PMC; 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 Cayenne PMC:
>
>          Andrus Adamchik (aadamchik@apache.org)
>          Bill Dudney (bdudney@apache.org)
>          Michael Gentry (mgentry@apache.org)
>          Tore Halset (torehalset@apache.org)
>          Mike Kienenberger  (mkienenb@apache.org)
>
>        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Andrus Adamchik be
>        and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache
>        Cayenne, 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 Cayenne PMC be and hereby is
>        tasked with the migration and rationalization of the incubating
>        Apache Cayenne project; and be it further
>
>        RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the incubating
>        Apache Cayenne project encumbered upon the incubator PMC be
>        hereafter discharged.
>
>