I'd like to add my sincere thanks to Marshall for all the support and advice that he gave as I learned about UIMA and open source development. He will be missed but UIMA is in good hands with Richard as PMC chair. Thanks to you both! Burn
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 2:55 PM Marshall Schor <m...@schor.com> wrote: > 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 > >> >
