+1 - binding - congrats! Regards, Alan On Jan 18, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Jörn Kottmann wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > the OpenNLP community has voted to graduate and requests that > the IPMC vote on recommending this resolution to the ASF Board. > > Community graduation vote: > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-opennlp-dev/201112.mbox/%3c4edd484c.5020...@gmail.com%3E > > Please cast your vote: > [ ] +1 to recommend OpenNLP's graduation > [ ] 0 don't care > [ ] -1 no, don't recommend yet, (because...) > > Regards, > Jörn > > ================ > > ## Resolution to create a TLP from graduating Incubator podling > > X. Establish the Apache OpenNLP Project > > 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 related to the processing of natural language text > supported by machine learning for distribution at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache OpenNLP Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache OpenNLP Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to the processing of natural language text > supported by machine learning; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache OpenNLP" 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 OpenNLP Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache OpenNLP 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 OpenNLP Project: > > William Silvia <co...@apache.org> > Thomas Morton <tsmor...@apache.org> > Jason Baldridge <jbald...@apache.org> > James Kosin <jko...@apache.org> > Jörn Kottmann <jo...@apache.org> > Aliaksandr Autayeu <auta...@apache.org> > Boris Galitsky <bgalit...@apache.org> > Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> > Benson Margulies <bimargul...@apache.org> > Isabel Drost <exam...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jörn Kottmann > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache OpenNLP, 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 OpenNLP 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 OpenNLP Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache OpenNLP Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator OpenNLP podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator OpenNLP podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
