On Mar 17, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Grant Ingersoll wrote: > Formalizing a bit more and updating the resolution based on the "opt-in" > emails on this thread and the apparent obvious choice of Sean as Chair. > Still haven't heard from Karl, Otis, Deneche and Isabel (although I did IM > here and she is interested so I'll put her down, but trust she will send a > mail, too)
Forgot to say, Benson hasn't chimed in on this either. Benson? > > Since I want to give those people a few more days to opt-in, I suggest we > have a vote on the resolution below on Friday, March 19th and lasting for 3 > days. > > -Grant > > X. Establish the Apache Mahout 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 related to a machine learning platform > for distribution at no charge to the public. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Mahout Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Mahout Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to a distributed computing platform; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Mahout" 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 Mahout Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache Mahout 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 Mahout Project: > > • Isabel Drost (isa...@...) > • Ted Dunning (tdunn...@...) > • Jeff Eastman (jeast...@...) > • Drew Farris (d...@...) > • Grant Ingersoll (gsing...@...) > • Sean Owen (sro...@...) > • Robin Anil (robina...@...) > • Jake Mannix (jman...@...) > > RESOLVED, that the Apache Mahout Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Lucene Mahout sub-project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Lucene Mahout sub-project encumbered upon the > Apache Mahout Project are hereafter discharged. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Sean Owen > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Mahout, 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. -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com/ Search the Lucene ecosystem using Solr/Lucene: http://www.lucidimagination.com/search
