[RESULT][VOTE] Graduation of Apache Flink

[Kostas Tzoumas <kt...@apache.org>]

Hi everyone,

This vote to graduate Apache Flink to a top-level project has passed with
10 binding +1s and no -1s:

Henry Saputra
Ted Dunning
Jan Iversen
Roman Shaposhnik
John D. Ament
Konstantin Boudnik
Sebastian Schelter
Bertrand Delacretaz
Ate Douma

This follows a vote on the Flink Dev list that passed with 27 +1s. Thank
you everyone for voting! I will now submit the resolution to the board.

Best,
Kostas


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kostas Tzoumas <kt...@apache.org>
Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:49 PM
Subject: [VOTE] Graduation of Apache Flink
To: general@incubator.apache.org


Hi everyone,

The Flink community voted on its Dev list to graduate, The vote passed with
27 +1s (including 12 +1s from the PPMC) and 0 -1s.

Here is the vote thread in the Dev list:
http://apache-flink-incubator-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/VOTE-Graduate-Flink-from-the-Incubator-td2737.html

and a preceding discussion thread:
http://apache-flink-incubator-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/DISCUSS-Graduation-of-Flink-from-the-Incubator-td2660.html

This is a new VOTE to decide if Apache Flink should graduate from the
Incubator. Please VOTE on the resolution pasted below the ballot. I'll
leave this VOTE open for at least 72 hours (until Friday, December 12, 1pm
CE/4am PST)

[ ] +1 Graduate Apache Flink from the Incubator
[ ] +0 Don't care
[ ] -1 Don't graduate Apache Flink from the Incubator because...

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Establish the Apache Flink 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 fast and reliable large-scale data
analysis with focus on programmability, optimizability,
efficiency, and combination of batch and streaming data
processing.

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

RESOLVED, that the Apache Flink Project be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
related to fast and reliable large-scale data analysis
with focus on programmability, optimizability, efficiency,
and combination of batch and streaming data processing;
and be it further

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

* Marton Balassi                <mb...@apache.org>
* Ufuk Celebi                   <uc...@apache.org>
* Stephan Ewen                  <se...@apache.org>
* Gyula Fora                    <gy...@apache.org>
* Alan Gates                      <ga...@apache.org>
* Fabian Hueske                 <fh...@apache.org>
* Vasia Kalavri                 <va...@apache.org>
* Aljoscha Krettek              <al...@apache.org>
* Robert Metzger                <rm...@apache.org>
* Till Rohrmann                 <tr...@apache.org>
* Henry Saputra                <hs...@apache.org>
* Sebastian Schelter            <ss...@apache.org>
* Kostas Tzoumas                <kt...@apache.org>
* Timo Walther                  <tw...@apache.org>
* Daniel Warneke                <wa...@apache.org>

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Stephan Ewen
be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Flink, 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 Flink 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 Flink Project; and be it further

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

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