+1 binding to graduate! > On Apr 27, 2022, at 04:56, Joe Evans <joseph.ev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi MXNet Community, > > Apache MXNet (incubating) has been an incubating project since January, > 2017. Since then, the project has matured and adopted the Apache Software > Foundation’s principles and philosophy around building and maintaining open > source software. There is a thriving community of developers and users from > all over the world that regularly contribute to the project. > > Based on the positive responses in the graduation RFC[1] and discussion > thread[2], we would like to have a community vote on graduating MXNet to an > Apache Top Level project. > > Here is a brief overview of the progress of the Apache MXNet (incubating) > project and community since entering the incubator: > > Community > > - > > 37 new PPMC members were added, bringing the total number of PPMC > members to 50 > - > > 56 new committers were added (which include new PPMC members), bringing > the total number of committers to 87 > - > > The total number of contributors is now 870 and growing. > > Project > > - > > 18 releases[3] by 13 different release managers. All compliance issues > have been resolved with the 1.9.0 and 2.0.beta releases. > - > > MXNet website[4] is now compliant with Apache Project Website > requirements[5] > - > > MXNet has completed the project maturity self assessment[6] > > > Here is the proposed resolution: > > —------------------------------------------------------ > > Establish the Apache MXNet 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 a flexible and efficient library for Deep Learning. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee > > (PMC), to be known as the "Apache MXNet Project", be and hereby is > > established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MXNet Project be and hereby is responsible for > > the creation and maintenance of software related to a flexible and > > efficient library for Deep Learning; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache MXNet" 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 MXNet > > Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the > > projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache MXNet 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 MXNet Project: > > * Anirudh Subramanian <anirudh2...@apache.org> > > * Bing Xu <bin...@apache.org> > > * Bob Paulin <b...@apache.org> > > * Carin Meier <cme...@apache.org> > > * Chiyuan Zhang <plus...@apache.org> > > * Chris Olivier <cjolivie...@apache.org> > > * Dick Carter <dickjc...@apache.org> > > * Eric Xie <j...@apache.org> > > * Furkan Kamaci <kam...@apache.org> > > * Haibin Lin <hai...@apache.org> > > * Henri Yandell <bay...@apache.org> > > * Hongliang Liu <h...@apache.org> > > * Indhu Bharathi <ind...@apache.org> > > * Jackie Wu <w...@apache.org> > > * Jason Dai <jason...@apache.org> > > * Jian Zhang <jianzhang...@apache.org> > > * Joe Spisak <jspi...@apache.org> > > * Jun Wu <remini...@apache.org> > > * Leonard Lausen <lau...@apache.org> > > * Liang Depeng <ldp...@apache.org> > > * Ly Nguyen <l...@apache.org> > > * Madan Jampani <mad...@apache.org> > > * Marco de Abreu <marcoab...@apache.org> > > * Markus Weimer <wei...@apache.org> > > * Mu Li <m...@apache.org> > > * Nan Zhu <coding...@apache.org> > > * Naveen Swamy <nsw...@apache.org> > > * Przemysław Trędak <ptre...@apache.org> > > * Qiang Kou <q...@apache.org> > > * Qing Lan <lank...@apache.org> > > * Sandeep Krishnamurthy <s...@apache.org> > > * Sergey Kolychev <sergeykolyc...@apache.org> > > * Sheng Zha <zhash...@apache.org> > > * Shiwen Hu <yajiedes...@apache.org> > > * Tao Lv <ta...@apache.org> > > * Terry Chen <terryc...@apache.org> > > * Thomas Delteil <thomasdelt...@apache.org> > > * Tianqi Chen <tqc...@apache.org> > > * Tong He <t...@apache.org> > > * Tsuyoshi Ozawa <oz...@apache.org> > > * Xingjian Shi <sxjscie...@apache.org> > > * YiZhi Liu <liuyi...@apache.org> > > * Yifeng Geng <gengyif...@apache.org> > > * Yu Zhang <yzhan...@apache.org> > > * Yuan Tang <terrytangy...@apache.org> > > * Yutian Li <hot...@apache.org> > > * Zhi Zhang <zhresh...@apache.org> > > * Zihao Zheng <zihaolu...@apache.org> > > * Ziheng Jiang <zih...@apache.org> > > * Ziyue Huang <zi...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Sheng Zha be appointed to > > the office of Vice President, Apache MXNet, 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 Apache MXNet Project be and hereby is tasked with the > > migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator MXNet podling; and > > be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Incubator > > MXNet podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter > > Discharged. > > —------------------------------------------------------ > > If this vote passes, our next step will be to start a graduation discussion > and subsequent vote on the general@incubator list. > > Please vote on graduating Apache MXNet (incubating) as a Top Level Project. > > This vote is open for at least 72 hours and passes if a majority of at > least 3 (+1 PPMC) votes are cast. > > [ ] +1 Yes, graduate Apache MXNet (incubating) as a top level project > > [ ] +0 No opinion > > [ ] -1 No, Apache MXNet (incubating) is not ready to graduate as a Top > Level Project because… > > > Reference: > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/20984 > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/l9h2qgb2vqs2y0cm46wh83sgomr9w190 > [3] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases > [4] https://mxnet.apache.org/ > [5] https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs > [6] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+Maturity+Model+Assessment+for+MXNet
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