+1, let's go!
On 2/16/2010 15:05, Jukka Zitting wrote: > Hi, > > Let's push this forward... See below for a proposed board resolution > with Marshall as the chairman, with all the current committers (and me > as a former mentor) as PMC members, and with the scope I proposed in > response to Marshall's version. WDYT? > > BR, > > Jukka Zitting > > > X. Establish the Apache UIMA 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 analysis of unstructured > data, guided by the UIMA Oasis Standard, 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 UIMA Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache UIMA Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to the analysis of unstructured data, guided by > the UIMA Oasis Standard, and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache UIMA" 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 UIMA Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache UIMA 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 UIMA Project: > > * Adam Lally <ala...@apache.org> > * Bhavani Iyer <bhav...@apache.org> > * Burn Lewis <b...@apache.org> > * Edward Epstein <e...@apache.org> > * Jaroslaw Cwiklik <cwik...@apache.org> > * Joern Kottmann <jo...@apache.org> > * Jukka Zitting <ju...@apache.org> > * Marshall Schor <sc...@apache.org> > * Michael Baessler <mbaess...@apache.org> > * Thilo Goetz <twgo...@apache.org> > * Tommaso Teofili <tomm...@apache.org> > * Tong Fin <tong...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Marshall Schor > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache UIMA, 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 UIMA 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 UIMA Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache UIMA Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator UIMA podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator UIMA podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged.
