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Revision as of 11:05, 12 June 2006
Document Status
IncCom Document Number: 3
Version: 1.0
Status: draft
Purpose
The purpose of the Project Graduation Process is to document how projects can graduate from the Incubator to full member status in OSGeo.
Terms and Definitions
- Project
- the project wishing to enter into OSGeo
- IncCom
- the Incubation Committee
- Incubation Process
- the process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
- Mentor
- a member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
- PMC
- Project Management Committee
Process
- Incubation Mentor determines that the project is ready for graduation based on its current status
- Incubation Mentor includes an agenda item in the next available IncCom meeting to propose graduation for the Project
- The IncCom reviews the Project Status Template of the project and votes (link to voting process for IncCom) on whether the project is ready for graduation. For a project to graduation, there must be
- a quorum of voters
- X +1 votes
- no -1 votes
- If graduation is approved by the IncCom, the IncCom will:
- include an agenda item on the next available Board of Directors meeting to accept the project graduation
- notify the project of the Board of Directors decision