[RESULT][VOTE] RAT Ready To Graduate As Apache Creadur Top Level Project

[Robert Burrell Donkin <rd...@apache.org>]

My tally of results:

+1
  [rat-dev]
   Robert Burrell Donkin
   Chris A.Mattmann
   Craig L.Russell
   William A. Rowe Jr.
   David Blevins
   Hugo Hirsch
   Sebb
   Gavin McDonald
   Stefan Bodewig
   David Crossley
   Jochen Wiedmann
   Matthew B. Franklin
   Luciano Resende
   Mark Struberg
  [general@incabator]
   Ross Gardler
   Nick Burch
   Ralph Goers
   Olivier Lamy
   Jean-Baptiste Onofré
   Niall Pemberton
   Jacques Le Roux
   Mike McCandless
   Hadrian Zbarcea
   Dennis Lundberg
   Alan D. Cabrera
   Patrick Hunt

If anyone spots a mistake, accept my apologies and please jump in

...

This free vote indicates that the community considers the Rat podling 
ready to graduate into a new Apache Creadur top level project.

As recommended[1], unless anyone jumps in with feedback soon on the 
suggested charter[2] I'll go ahead and prepare the formal proposal for 
the binding IPMC vote.

Robert
[1] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#tlp-community-vote

On 02/26/12 16:03, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote:
> [2] Suggested Draft Charter:
>
> 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 the comprehension and
> auditing of software distributions 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 Creadur Project",
> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
> Foundation; and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that the Apache Creadur Project be and hereby is
> responsible for the creation and maintenance of open-source
> software related to the comprehension and auditing of software
> distributions for distribution at no charge to the public
>
> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Creadur" 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 Creadur Project, and to have primary responsibility
> for management of the projects within the scope of
> responsibility of the Apache Creadur 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 Creadur Project:
>
> ...
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Robert Burrell
> Donkin be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache
> Creadur, 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 Creadur 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 Creadur Project; and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that the Apache Creadur Project be and hereby
> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
> Incubator RAT podling; and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
> Incubator RAT podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
> Project are hereafter discharged.
>