Initial Vote Instructions

Author: jdaugherty

RELEASE.md

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 ## 4. Voting
 
+After all artifacts are uploaded, verified, and tested, we can vote on the release.  As an ASF project, we follow the voting guidelines set forth by the [Apache Voting Process](https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html). We are also an incubating ASF software project, so there are 2 votes.  Details for each follow: 
+
+### Apache Grails Incubating PPMC
+
+The first vote is conducted on the [Grails dev mailing list](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@grails.apache.org).  The only valid votes are those on the Apache Grails Incubating PPMC, but the community is welcome to participate to express their support. The vote template follows: 
+
+Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache Grails (incubating) <version>
+
+Body:
+```
+Hi Everyone,
+
+I am happy to start the VOTE thread for an Apache Grails (incubating) release of version 7.0.0-M4!
+
+This release is our first release under the ASF. Further details of the release can be found on the GitHub pre-release & in the discussion thread at:
+https://lists.apache.org/thread/3tqw39b1v542rc026gopj0kbqs5zbr5q
+
+Releases for the Grails project consist of 2 repositories, so there are two tags:
+grails-core Tag:
+https://github.com/apache/grails-core/releases/tag/v7.0.0-M4
+Tag commit id: <commit hash>
+
+grails-forge Tag:
+https://github.com/apache/grails-forge/releases/tag/v7.0.0-M4
+Tag commit id: <commit hash>
+
+The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (<svn version revision>):
+Source release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/grails/7.0.0-M4/sources
+Binary distributions: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/grails/7.0.0-M4/distribution
+
+Release artifacts are signed with a key from the following file: 
+https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/grails/KEYS
+
+Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Grails (incubating) 7.0.0-M4.
+
+Reminder on ASF release approval requirements for PPMC members:
+https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#release-approval
+
+Hints on validating checksums/signatures (but replace md5sum with
+sha512sum):
+https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html
+
+Details of our release process is documented at: https://github.com/apache/grails-core/blob/7.0.x/RELEASE.md
+
+The vote is open for the next 72 hours and passes if a majority of at least
+three +1 PPMC votes are cast.
+
+[ ] +1 Release Apache Grails (incubating) 7.0.0-M4
+[ ]  0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok
+[ ] -1 Do not release Apache Grails (incubating) 7.0.0-M4 because...
+
+Here is my vote:
+
++1 (binding)
+```
+
+### Apache Groovy PMC
+
+As an incubating project under Apache Groovy, after 72 hours & a successful Grails PPMC vote, the Groovy PMC must vote to approve the Apache Grails (incubating) release. This vote is held on the [Groovy dev mailing list](https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@groovy.apache.org). The vote template follows:
+
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 ## 5. Releasing