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A Candidate project is proposed to the JIP Incubation WG via a proposal sent to incubation@ja-sig.org which answers a contains basic information, and answers the following set of qualifying questions, such as the following:

1. A proposed name for the project;
2. The short preface for the mailing lists, if this project is accepted (*-dev, *-user, etc);
3. A proposed Project Lead, with contact information;
4. A list of the proposed initial committers for the project;
5. An overview of the aims of the project;
6. A technology overview;
7. An overview of any current user base or user community, if applicable;
8. An overview of how the project relates to other parts of JA-SIG;
9. A summary of why the project would enhance and benefit JA-SIG and higher education;
10. A pointer to any current information (for example, an existing Web page) for the project

This proposal is would be expected to be less than 3 pages in length.

2. Review of Submission

The JIWG Incubation WG (and possibly the JA-SIG Board)

1. Discuss the project
2. Vote on its acceptability

3. Acceptance as a Project under Incubation

Once a project has been accepted for incubation, JA-SIG would then:

1. Accept the project, which officially becomes a candidate project in incubation within under the auspices of JA-SIG
2. Nominate a Mentor for the project, typically a JA-SIG community stakeholder who will act as a bridge between the JIWG and the project (mentor becomes would also then serve as a member of the JIWGIncubation WG)
3. Assist the Incubated Project candidate project in the initial start-up steps for using to use the JA-SIG resources like SVN, Confluence and Jira (for roadmap and bug tracking), licensingWiki, Issue Tracker, and mailing lists

3. Acceptance as a Project under Incubation

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1. Assist the candidate project in performing appropriate licensing, contribution, trademark, and other legal arrangements

The candidate project would now also be free to:

1. Indicate that the project is in incubation (though not yet fully sponsored/supported by JA-SIG)
2. Display the JA-SIG logo to indicate affiliation
3. Use JA-SIG infrastructure is available for use of the projectfor development and collaboration

Note: Releases of projects in incubation are not officially endorsed by JA-SIG

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