Hi Chris! It's brilliant idea, indeed. +1. Oleg.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:43 AM, 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/<http://sunset.usc.edu/%7Emattmann/> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > -- Best regards, Oleg.
