+1. Thanks Joe for this initiative. Lin
On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 12:31 AM Tao Lv <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > Thanks, > -tao > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 7:11 AM Lai Wei <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 > > Thanks for leading this Joe! > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > Lai > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 2:06 PM Wei Chu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > Thank you Joe for leading this! > > > > > > Wei > > > > > > On 2022/04/26 20:56:45 Joe Evans 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 <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Bing Xu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Bob Paulin <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Carin Meier <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Chiyuan Zhang <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Chris Olivier <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Dick Carter <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Eric Xie <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Furkan Kamaci <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Haibin Lin <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Henri Yandell <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Hongliang Liu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Indhu Bharathi <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Jackie Wu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Jason Dai <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Jian Zhang <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Joe Spisak <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Jun Wu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Leonard Lausen <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Liang Depeng <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Ly Nguyen <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Madan Jampani <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Marco de Abreu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Markus Weimer <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Mu Li <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Nan Zhu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Naveen Swamy <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Przemysław Trędak <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Qiang Kou <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Qing Lan <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Sandeep Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Sergey Kolychev <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Sheng Zha <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Shiwen Hu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Tao Lv <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Terry Chen <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Thomas Delteil <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Tianqi Chen <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Tong He <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Tsuyoshi Ozawa <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Xingjian Shi <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * YiZhi Liu <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Yifeng Geng <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Yu Zhang <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Yuan Tang <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Yutian Li <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Zhi Zhang <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Zihao Zheng <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Ziheng Jiang <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > * Ziyue Huang <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
