Hi,
Let's push this forward... See below for a proposed board resolution
with Marshall as the chairman, with all the current committers (and me
as a former mentor) as PMC members, and with the scope I proposed in
response to Marshall's version. WDYT?
BR,
Jukka Zitting
X. Establish the Apache UIMA 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 the analysis of unstructured
data, guided by the UIMA Oasis Standard, 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 UIMA Project",
be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache UIMA Project be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
related to the analysis of unstructured data, guided by
the UIMA Oasis Standard, and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache UIMA" 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 UIMA Project, and to have primary responsibility
for management of the projects within the scope of
responsibility of the Apache UIMA 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 UIMA Project:
* Adam Lally <[email protected]>
* Bhavani Iyer <[email protected]>
* Burn Lewis <[email protected]>
* Edward Epstein <[email protected]>
* Jaroslaw Cwiklik <[email protected]>
* Joern Kottmann <[email protected]>
* Jukka Zitting <[email protected]>
* Marshall Schor <[email protected]>
* Michael Baessler <[email protected]>
* Thilo Goetz <[email protected]>
* Tommaso Teofili <[email protected]>
* Tong Fin <[email protected]>
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Marshall Schor
be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache UIMA, 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 initial Apache UIMA PMC be and hereby is
tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
encourage open development and increased participation in the
Apache UIMA Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache UIMA Project be and hereby
is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
Incubator UIMA podling; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
Incubator UIMA podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
Project are hereafter discharged.
