Note, this is really a committer vote to ask the Lucene PMC to discharge Mahout, so I'd consider all committer votes to be binding.
-Grant On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > My nonbinding vote is +1. > > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> wrote: >> Per the earlier discussions, I'm calling a vote to submit the following >> resolution [1] to the Lucene PMC for consideration to then promote Mahout to >> be a TLP. >> >> [] +1 I'm for Mahout being a TLP and the resolution below. >> [] 0 No opinion >> [] -1 Bad idea. Please give justification. >> >> Majority wins (i.e. no vetos). Vote will be open for 72 hours. >> >> >> [1] >> X. Establish the Apache Mahout 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 a machine learning platform >> 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 Mahout Project", >> be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the >> Foundation; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the Apache Mahout Project be and hereby is >> responsible for the creation and maintenance of software >> related to a machine learning platform; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Mahout" 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 Mahout Project, and to have primary responsibility >> for management of the projects within the scope of >> responsibility of the Apache Mahout 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 Mahout Project: >> >> • Abdelhakim Deneche <adene...@...> >> • Isabel Drost (isa...@...) >> • Ted Dunning (tdunn...@...) >> • Jeff Eastman (jeast...@...) >> • Drew Farris (d...@...) >> • Grant Ingersoll (gsing...@...) >> • Benson Margulies (bimargul...@...) >> • Sean Owen (sro...@...) >> • Robin Anil (robina...@...) >> • Jake Mannix (jman...@...) >> >> RESOLVED, that the Apache Mahout Project be and hereby >> is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache >> Lucene Mahout sub-project; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache >> Lucene Mahout sub-project encumbered upon the >> Apache Mahout Project are hereafter discharged. >> >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Sean Owen >> be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Mahout, 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.
