The resolution was submitted, following the Apache change PMC Chair process; it's on the agenda for the next Board meeting scheduled for November 18th.
Cheers. -Marshall On 10/29/2020 2:47 PM, Marshall Schor wrote: > 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 >>
