I'm seeing a lot of this lately and I think it's a good move. Time to un-bundle Hadoop from a visibility standpoint and get the right focus to the right projects for the right applicatons
>>> X. Establish the Apache HBase 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 related to data serialization
>>> 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 HBase Project",
>>> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
>>> Foundation; and be it further
>>>
>>> RESOLVED, that the Apache HBase Project be and hereby is
>>> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
>>> related to a distributed database; and be it further
>>>
>>> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache HBase" 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 HBase Project, and to have primary responsibility
>>> for management of the projects within the scope of
>>> responsibility of the Apache HBase 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 HBase Project:
>>>
>>> * Michael Stack <
stack@apache.org>
>>> * Jonathan Gray <
jgray@apache.org>
>>> * Andrew Purtell <
apurtell@apache.org>
>>> * John-Daniel Cryans <
jdcryans@apache.org>
>>> * Ryan Rawson <
rawson@apache.org>
>>> * Lars George <
larsgeorge@apache.org>
>>>
>>> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Michael Stack
>>> be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache HBase, 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 HBase 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 HBase Project; and be it further
>>>
>>> RESOLVED, that the Apache HBase Project be and hereby
>>> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
>>> Hadoop HBase sub-project; and be it further
>>>
>>> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
>>> Hadoop HBase sub-project encumbered upon the
>>> Apache Hadoop Project are hereafter discharged.
