[VOTE-RESULT] Avalon PMC

[Stephen McConnell <mc...@apache.org>]

Following the closure of the Avalon PMC recommendation vote on midnight 
GMT Saturday 16 November, 2002, the result of the vote was affermative 
with approximately 29% of committers registering a vote.

   Number of committers: 31
   Number of votes counted: 9
   Result: recommendation endorced

   Count:

     YES: 9
     NO: 0
     ABSTAIN: 0

   Votes:

     Barozzi, Nicola Ken (chair)          +1
     Bennet, Charles                      +1
     Crafter, Marcus (member)             +1
     McConnell, Stephen  (member)         +1
     Simons, Leo (member)                 +1
     Schier, Marc                         +1
     Sutic, Leo (member)                  +1
     Turner, Jeff (member)                +1
     Ziegeler, Carsten (member)           +1


The original vote is included below for reference.  The Apache Board 
meeting is scheduled for Monday 18 November 2002. In accordance with the 
result of this vote, the resolution for the formation of the Avalon PMC 
will be forwarded shortly to the Apache Board for consideration.

Cheers, Steve.

Stephen McConnell wrote:

>
> Vote for the formation of an Avalon PMC.
> ========================================
>
> Voting on this motion is restricted to the committers on the Jakarta 
> Avalon Project. To register your vote, please indicate a yes, no or 
> abstain position in a reply to this message with the next 72 hours 
> (approx. close - midnight (GMT) Saturday 16th November 2002).
>
>   [+1]  yes
>   [+-0] abstain
>   [-1]  no
>
> Summation of the vote will be undertaken on Sunday 17 September 2002 
> and results forward to the avalon-dev list.
>
> The vote motion is:
> -------------------
>
> To recommend to the Apache Board a resolution proposing the creation 
> of an Avalon PMC. The text of the proposed resolution is as follows:
>
>   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 component and service
>   management, for distribution at no charge to the public.
>
>   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
>   Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Avalon PMC", be and
>   hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation;
>   and be it further
>
>   RESOLVED, that the Avalon PMC be and hereby is responsible
>   for the creation and maintenance of software related to
>   component and service management, based on software licensed
>   to the Foundation; and be it further
>
>   RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Avalon" 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
>   Avalon PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management
>   of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the
>   Avalon 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 Avalon PMC:
>
>   * Nicola Ken Barozzi
>   * Stephen McConnell
>   * Leo Sutic
>   * Leo Simons
>   * Paul Hammant
>   * Marcus Crafter
>   * Carsten Ziegeler
>   * Pete Royal
>   * Berin Loritsch
>   * Peter Donald
>   * Jeff Turner
>
>   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Nicola Ken Barozzi
>   be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Avalon,
>   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 Avalon PMC be and hereby is tasked
>   with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open
>   development and increased participation in the Avalon Project;
>   and be it further
>
>   RESOLVED, that the initial Avalon PMC be and hereby is tasked
>   with the migration and rationalization of the Jakarta PMC
>   Avalon subproject; and be it further
>
>   RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Jakarta
>   Avalon sub-project and encumbered upon the Jakarta PMC are
>   hereafter discharged.
>
>
> Cheers, Steve.
>

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Re: [VOTE-RESULT] Avalon PMC

[Berin Loritsch <bl...@apache.org>]

Stephen McConnell wrote:

>
> Following the closure of the Avalon PMC recommendation vote on 
> midnight GMT Saturday 16 November, 2002, the result of the vote was 
> affermative with approximately 29% of committers registering a vote.
>
>   Number of committers: 31
>   Number of votes counted: 9
>   Result: recommendation endorced
>
>   Count:
>
>     YES: 9
>     NO: 0
>     ABSTAIN: 0
>
>   Votes:
>
>     Barozzi, Nicola Ken (chair)          +1
>     Bennet, Charles                      +1
>     Crafter, Marcus (member)             +1
>     McConnell, Stephen  (member)         +1
>     Simons, Leo (member)                 +1
>     Schier, Marc                         +1
>     Sutic, Leo (member)                  +1
>     Turner, Jeff (member)                +1
>     Ziegeler, Carsten (member)           +1


I really dislike that the vote happened so quickly.  It should have been 
open for a whole week instead of
a couple days.  It feels far too rushed, and I don't think the 
consequences of the actions are well thought
out.  My head is still reeling from all that has gone on.




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