Hi,
Following the discussion, below is the text of the proposed Board
Resolution to vote upon.
[] +1. Request the Board make Nutch a TLP
[] +0. I don't feel strongly about it, but I'm okay with this.
[] -1. No, don't request the Board make Nutch a TLP, and here are my
reasons...
This is a majority count vote (i.e. no vetoes). The vote is open for 72
hours.
Here's my +1.
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X. Establish the Apache Nutch 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 large-scale web search
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 Nutch Project",
be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Nutch Project be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
related to a large-scale web crawling platform; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Nutch" 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 Nutch Project, and to have primary responsibility
for management of the projects within the scope of
responsibility of the Apache Nutch 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 Nutch Project:
• Andrzej Bialecki <a...@...>
• Otis Gospodnetic <o...@...>
• Dogacan Guney <doga...@...>
• Dennis Kubes <ku...@...>
• Chris Mattmann <mattm...@...>
• Julien Nioche <jnio...@...>
• Sami Siren <si...@...>
RESOLVED, that the Apache Nutch Project be and hereby
is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
Lucene Nutch sub-project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
Lucene Nutch sub-project encumbered upon the
Apache Lucene Project are hereafter discharged.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Andrzej Bialecki
be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Nutch, 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.
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Best regards,
Andrzej Bialecki <><
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