Add TLP application for express

Applications/Express.md

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+## Express
+
+The express project is applying to become an incubating
+[Top Level Project of the Node.js Foundation][].
+
+### About Express, User base, Community and Ecosystem
+
+Express is one of the most popular web server frameworks available for Node.js.
+For many Node.js developers, express is their primary interface with Node.js
+on the server.
+
+Express has consistently been among the top packages installed via npm, with
+nearly 4.5 million downloads in December 2015.
+
+It is important to recognize that Express is not the only web framework in the
+Node.js ecosystem and that by incubating Express, neither the Node.js
+Foundation or Node.js core would be "picking a winner" or endorsing Express
+over any other overlapping or similar project.
+
+### Scope 
+
+The express project is composed of a collection of separate modules and 
+documentation currently spread out over multiple GitHub organizations. This top 
+level project would consist initially of the following GitHub Organizations and
+repositories within:
+
+* jshttp
+* expressjs
+* pillarjs
+
+The existing strongloop/express repository will move into one of these three 
+organizations.
+
+In addition, StrongLoop will contribute the basic express API documentation 
+included in the strongloop/expressjs.com to the strongloop/express repository.
+
+Many repositories in these organizations may be moved out or removed entirely
+during incubation at the discretion of the Express TC. Prior to graduating
+from incubation a full list of repositories will need to be provided to the TSC.
+
+The Express TC shall decide on the complete listing of projects to be included
+in this top level project as well as in which GitHub organizations those will be
+managed.
+
+### Formation of an Express TC
+
+The current GitHub organization owners for each of the pillarjs, expressjs, 
+and jshttp GitHub organizations will be invited to form the TC of the Express 
+Top Level project. It is not expected that every existing owner will wish to 
+participate. Two months after the initial invitation, any owner that is not 
+actively participating would be automatically removed from the TC.
+
+Ownership permissions in the pillarjs, expressjs, and jshttp GitHub 
+organizations shall include all members of the Express TC as well as the 
+mentors nominated by the Node.js TSC.
+
+Collaborators currently having permissions to any of the repositories in the 
+pillarjs, expressjs and jshttp GitHub organizations will continue to have those 
+permissions. From the StrongLoop GitHub organization, users Rand McKinney 
+(@crandmck), Hage Yaapa (@hacksparrow), Mike Tunnicliffe (@tunniclm), and Sian 
+January (@sjanuary) will continue to have Collaborator permissions to 
+strongloop/express (in whichever GitHub organization it ends up).
+
+Onboarding of new Collaborators would follow a process decided by the Express 
+TC but it is expected to be similar, if not identical, to the process used by 
+Node.js core.
+
+The Express TC's purpose is the support, maintenance and further development of 
+the Express top level project under the Node.js Foundation.
+
+The TC's responsibilities include:
+
+* Management of the full set of GitHub repositories listed above
+* Technical direction of the overall Express project
+* Express Project governance and process
+* Contribution policy
+* GitHub repository hosting
+* Conduct guidelines
+* Maintaining the list of additional Collaborators
+* Overall release management
+
+### Contribution and Governance Process
+
+The contribution and governance policies would be bootstrapped using the basic 
+document templates provided by the Node.js TSC, and fine tuned / customized by 
+the Express TC once formed. It is expected that the contribution policy would 
+be very similar to that used by Node.js core. 
+
+The Node.js Code of Conduct, Moderation Policy and TSC Escalation policies 
+would apply. 
+
+The Node.js TSC will select one or more mentors to assist the Express TC in 
+it's formation and throughout the Top Level Project incubation process.
+
+### Intellectual Property and Other Assets
+
+Currently there are no IP assets included.
+
+[Top Level Project of the Node.js Foundation]: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/master/Project-Lifecycle.md#top-level-project-and-working-group-requirements
+[Developer's Certificate of Origin]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#developers-certificate-of-origin-10