Looking great! Formatting is kind of wide, so folks may complain about that :)
But I'd say let this sit until early/mid next week and then call a community VOTE on it pending feedback. Cheers, Chris On 2/22/13 9:29 AM, "Chen, Pei" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, >Below is a Draft of the proposed Graduation Resolution, please feel free >to review before we call a community VOTE: >* denotes pending apache account creation. > >--- >X. Establish the Apache cTAKES 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, for distribution at no charge to the public, >related to the processing of natural language text from the electronic >medical record. > >NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee >(PMC), to be known as the "Apache cTAKES Project", be and hereby is >established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further >RESOLVED, that the Apache cTAKES Project be and hereby is responsible for >the creation and maintenance of software related to the processing of >natural language text from the electronic medical record; and be it >further >RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache cTAKES" 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 cTAKES >Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the >projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache cTAKES 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 cTAKES Project: > >*Andy McMurry <[email protected]> >Britt Fitch <[email protected]> >Chen Lin <[email protected]> >Chris Mattmann <[email protected]> >Ding Cheng Li <[email protected]> >Dmitriy Dligach <[email protected]> >Grant Ingersoll <[email protected]> >*Guergana K. Savova >Hongfang Liu <[email protected]> >James J Masanz <[email protected]> >Jörn Kottmann <[email protected]> >*Kim Ebert >Matt Coarr <[email protected]> >Pei J Chen <[email protected]> >*Sarma Karthik <[email protected]> >Scott Russell Halgrim <[email protected]> >Sean Finan <[email protected]> >Sean Patrick Murphy <[email protected]> >Siddhartha Jonnalagadda <[email protected]> >Steven Bethard <[email protected]> >Stephen Wu <[email protected]> >Sunghwan Sohn <[email protected]> >Tim Miller <[email protected]> >Troy C. Bleeker <[email protected]> >Vinod C Kaggal <[email protected]> > >NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Pei J Chen be appointed to >the office of Vice President, Apache cTAKES, 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 cTAKES 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 cTAKES Project; and be it >further >RESOLVED, that the Apache cTAKES Project be and hereby is tasked with the >migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator cTAKES podling; and >be it further >RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator >cTAKES podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are hereafter >discharged. >-- > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mattmann, Chris A (388J) [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:05 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Graduate cTAKES from Incubator >> >> +1, exactly Jörn. >> >> I'm not a huge fan of the bylaws. What I tend to do is to cruft up a >>resolution >> template, e.g,. here's a recent one for Airavata which passed >> muster: >> >> 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, for distribution at no charge to >>the >> public, related to executing and managing computational jobs on >>distributed >> computing resources including local clusters, supercomputers, national >>grids, >> academic and commercial clouds. >> >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee >> (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Airavata Project", be and hereby is >> established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the Apache Airavata Project be and hereby is >>responsible >> for the creation and maintenance of software related to executing and >> managing computational jobs on distributed computing resources >>including >> local clusters, supercomputers, national grids, academic and commercial >> clouds; and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Airavata" 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 Airavata Project, >>and to >> have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the >>scope >> of responsibility of the Apache Airavata 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 Airavata >>Project: >> >> Aleksander Slominski <[email protected]> >> Ate Douma <[email protected]> >> Chathura Herath <[email protected]> >> Chris Mattmann <[email protected]> >> Eran Chinthaka <[email protected]> >> Srinath Perera <[email protected]> >> Heshan Suriyaarachchi <[email protected]> >> Lahiru Gunathilake <[email protected]> >> Marlon Pierce <[email protected]> >> Patanachai Tangchaisin <[email protected]> >> Raminderjeet Singh <[email protected]> >> Saminda Wijeratne <[email protected]> >> Shahani Weerawarana <[email protected]> >> Suresh Marru <[email protected]> >> Thilina Gunarathne <[email protected]> >> >> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Suresh Marru be >> appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Airavata, 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 Airavata 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 Airavata >>Project; and >> be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that the Apache Airavata Project be and hereby is tasked >>with >> the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Airavata >>podling; >> and be it further >> >> RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator >> Airavata podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator Project are >> hereafter discharged. >> >> >> Try revising this and getting to a resolution everyone is happy with. >>Then we >> can: >> >> 1. Community [VOTE] here on ctakes-dev@incubator 2. Incubator PMC >> [VOTE] on general@incubator 3. Add board resolution to board agenda - >> target March 2013 board meeting >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> On 2/19/13 6:19 AM, "Jörn Kottmann" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >On 02/19/2013 02:11 PM, Chen, Pei wrote: >> >> What is the general procedure? >> >> Do we just copy and paste an example resolution and put it to vote at >> >>dev, then general, and if it passes. Present it to the board? >> > >> >The process is explained here: >> >http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#process >> > >> >It might be easier to use the resolution template (committer access >>only): >> >https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/board/templates/podlin >> g >> >-tl >> >p-resolution.txt >> > >> >Jörn >
