Graduation Vote Has Concluded, and...

[Todd Volkert <tv...@gmail.com>]

For those of you not on the Incubator general list, our graduation vote has
passed!  We got 10 votes total, all binding and all in favor.  The next ASF
board meeting is on Dec 16; the next step is for the decision to get
ratified at that board meeting.

Mentors, is there anything we should be doing in the next 4 weeks to prepare
for graduation?

-T

Re: Graduation Vote Has Concluded, and...

[Martijn Dashorst <ma...@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Todd Volkert <tv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For those of you not on the Incubator general list, our graduation vote has
> passed!  We got 10 votes total, all binding and all in favor.  The next ASF
> board meeting is on Dec 16; the next step is for the decision to get
> ratified at that board meeting.
>
> Mentors, is there anything we should be doing in the next 4 weeks to prepare
> for graduation?

Follow the graduation guide's post-graduation list and see if you can
do stuff already, i.e. update the status page, prepare some sort of
public statement (don't publish it yet!) about graduating (perhaps
talk with Press and marketing VP Sally about a release), cool some
champagne, train your livers, read up on where stuff is/resides,
become a moderator for the mailing lists, read up on ML moderation,
read about PMC responsibilities, etc.

http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#project-first-steps

There's stuff to learn, stuff to do, and stuff to prepare.

Martijn

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Re: Graduation Vote Has Concluded, and...

[Todd Volkert <tv...@gmail.com>]

Thanks Niclas and Martijn!  I'm trying to get the site SVN to a stable
point, and then Thursday is Thanksgiving here in America, but after that, I
plan to jump on this stuff.

-T

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Niclas Hedhman <ni...@hedhman.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Todd Volkert <tv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Mentors, is there anything we should be doing in the next 4 weeks to
> prepare
> > for graduation?
>
> Listen to Martijn!!! Unlike me, he has actually been in your shoes,
> graduating and IIRC releasing as TLP at the same time...
>
> Important bit; Contact prc@a.o for press release and have them assist
> in both the formulation as well as the publication later (ASF
> subscribes to formal press release channels via our PR contractor). In
> that request, provide the essential bits (graduation, new release,
> what the project is about, what to use it for, and so on) but I think
> leave out the boilerplate huu-ha, timeline of when you want this to
> hit the streets (Christmas may not be good).
>
> I suggest that a "TLP and beyond" Jira task ticket is opened, where we
> can toss in all the bits needed and tick them off when we get there.
>
>
> Cheers
> --
> Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer
> http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java
>
> I  live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er
> I  work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc
> I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug
>

Re: Graduation Vote Has Concluded, and...

[Niclas Hedhman <ni...@hedhman.org>]

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Todd Volkert <tv...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mentors, is there anything we should be doing in the next 4 weeks to prepare
> for graduation?

Listen to Martijn!!! Unlike me, he has actually been in your shoes,
graduating and IIRC releasing as TLP at the same time...

Important bit; Contact prc@a.o for press release and have them assist
in both the formulation as well as the publication later (ASF
subscribes to formal press release channels via our PR contractor). In
that request, provide the essential bits (graduation, new release,
what the project is about, what to use it for, and so on) but I think
leave out the boilerplate huu-ha, timeline of when you want this to
hit the streets (Christmas may not be good).

I suggest that a "TLP and beyond" Jira task ticket is opened, where we
can toss in all the bits needed and tick them off when we get there.


Cheers
-- 
Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer
http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java

I  live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er
I  work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc
I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug