Re: [VOTE] Graduate Tuscany as a top level project

> The Tuscany podling respectfully requests the Incubator to consider its
> graduation to a Top Level Project.
>
> While incubating Tuscany has made 14(!) releases, voted in 19 new
> committers, survived conflicts, formed its PPMC, learned how to govern
> itself, resolved licensing issues and an active community continues to grow
> around Tuscany.
>
> The community vote for graduation can be found on the Tuscany dev list at:
>        http://www.mail-archive.com/tuscany-dev@.../msg24675.html
>
> We have prepared the resolution below to be presented for consideration at
> the upcoming Board meeting.
>
> We invite everyone to vote to approve this proposal.
>
> Many thanks,
>
>    ...ant
>
> Establish the Apache Tuscany 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 that
>         simplifies the development and deployment of service oriented
>         applications and provides a managed service-oriented runtime
>         based on the standards defined by the OASIS OpenCSA group,
>         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 Tuscany Project",
>         be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
>         Foundation; and be it further
>
>        RESOLVED, that the Apache Tuscany Project be and hereby is
>         responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
>         related to Apache Tuscany;
>         and be it further
>
>        RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Tuscany" 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 Tuscany Project, and to have primary responsibility
>         for management of the projects within the scope of
>         responsibility of the Apache Tuscany 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 Tuscany Project:
>
>             Adriano Crestani            <adrianocrestani at apache dot org>
>             Andrew Borley               <ajborley at apache dot org>
>             Andy Grove                   <agrove at apache dot org>
>             ant elder                       <antelder at apache dot org>
>             Brady Johnson              <bjohnson at apache dot org>
>             Frank Budinsky             <frankb at apache dot org>
>             Ignacio Silva-Lepe          <isilval at apache dot org>
>             Jean-Sebastien Delfino   <jsdelfino at apache dot org>
>             kelvin goodson               <kelvingoodson at apache dot org>
>             Luciano Resende           <lresende at apache dot org>
>             Mike Edwards               <edwardsmj at apache dot org>
>             Pete Robbins                <robbinspg at apache dot org>
>             Raymond Feng              <rfeng at apache dot org>
>             Simon Laws                  <slaws at apache dot org>
>             Simon Nash                  <nash at apache dot org>
>             Venkata Krishnan          <svkrish at apache dot org>
>
>        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ant Elder
>         be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Tuscany, 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 Apache Tuscany Project be and hereby
>         is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
>         Incubator Tuscany podling; and be it further
>
>        RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
>         Incubator Tuscany podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
>         Project are hereafter discharged.
>