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Following table captures a list of work items to be completed for a successful release. This list will evolve in the first few meetings but should stabilize as we approach the release dates. Also, specific tasks would eventually translate into JIRAs.

As per the suggestions on the mailing list, an initial (alpha) run is planned to familiarize the team with the release process:the initial release will be 1.0.0-alpha1.  This may be followed by one or subsequent alpha releases (-alpha2, -alpha3, etc).  As stability improves and the community determines the project is ready we can prepare the 1.0.0 release candidate.

#	Activity	Tasks	Alpha(s)	Release Candidate
1	Scope & Preparation	Features included in the release Version # consensus Repo (git) preparation Testing
2	Packaging & Signing Release Check	Mandatory Release items Optional Release items
3	Voting & Approvals	Voting/ PMC Final approval to publish
4	Publishing & Announcements	Artifacts in repo Docs on website Announcement on distribution list

Following table describes the alpha scope and steps:

And following table captures the activities for the Release Candidate after the trial run:

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