Oh, btw, forgot to add my +1. Cheers, Chris
On 3/22/10 7:43 PM, "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: Hi Folks, Per the existing discussions and feedback: http://www.mail-archive.com/tika-dev@lucene.apache.org/msg01456.html http://www.mail-archive.com/tika-dev@lucene.apache.org/msg01479.html I'd like to call a community VOTE thread on the below board resolution to make Apache Tika a Top Level Project (TLP) [1]. Please vote and voice your opinion. I'll leave the vote open for the next 72 hours. I'll take the results of this VOTE and then submit a final VOTE thread to the Lucene PMC for consideration. ================================== Establish the Apache Tika 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 content detection and analysis 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 Tika Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Tika Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to a content analysis and detection toolkit; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Tika" 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 Tika Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Tika 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 Tika Project: * Chris A. Mattmann (mattm...@...) * Jukka Zitting (ju...@...) * Ken Krugler (kkrug...@...) * Keith Bennett (kbenn...@...) * Mark Harwood (mharw...@...) * Dave Meikle (dmei...@...) * Sami Siren (si...@...) * Rida Benjelloun (ridabenjell...@...) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Chris A. Mattmann be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Tika, 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; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Tika Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Lucene Tika sub-project; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Lucene Tika sub-project encumbered upon the Apache Tika Project are hereafter discharged. ================================== Cheers, Chris [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/project-creation.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++