Thank you all for your wonderful comments (blush!). I feel with the recent activity picking up under Richard's initiative that UIMA is in good hands.
Based on this consensus, I'll draft the appropriate resolution for the next board meeting. -Marshall On 10/18/2020 10:19 AM, Marshall Schor wrote: > Hi everyone, > > After a decade of serving as the UIMA Project's PMC Chairperson, I've decided > to > step down as the UIMA PMC chair, as soon as we can reach a consensus on a new > chairperson. > > I have found being the chairperson of this project and working with the > community on it, to be extremely personally rewarding, for which I am very > grateful. My own personal job role has shifted considerably over these years, > and I now find that I currently do not have time to focus on this role. > > It's a good policy to have new people with fresh energy step up into this role > from time to time. > > In terms of possible candidates, I see that Richard Eckart de Castilho has > recently become quite active, and has picked up the activity around the core > uimaj project as well, including working on many tricky internal issues; if > he > were willing, I think he would be a very good candidate as the next PMC chair. > > Please express your opinions, and let's form a consensus, which we can then > formalize with a [VOTE]. > > -Marshall >
