Draft Graduation Resolution

       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, for distribution at no charge to
       the public, related to the automated and managed flow of
       information between systems.

       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
       Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache NiFi Project",
       be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
       Foundation; and be it further

       RESOLVED, that the Apache NiFi Project be and hereby is
       responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
       related to the automated and managed flow of information
       between systems and be it further

       RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache NiFi" 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 NiFi Project, and to have primary responsibility
       for management of the projects within the scope of
       responsibility of the Apache NiFi 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 NiFi Project:

         * Brandon DeVries          (devriesb@apache.org)
         * Tony Kurc                (tkurc@apache.org)
         * Joseph L. Witt           (joewitt@apache.org)

       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that <INSERT
       NAME> be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache NiFi,
       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 NiFi 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 NiFi Project; and be it further

       RESOLVED, that the Apache NiFi Project be and hereby
       is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
       Incubator NiFi podling; and be it further

       RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
       Incubator NiFi podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
       Project are hereafter discharged.