+1 (if you would like another PMC member to join to help w/ the transition and post-graduation community hurdles, I volunteer).
> On May 23, 2017, at 2:24 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi! > > with my mentor hat on, I wanted to kick off this discussion > thread on the basis of a general consensus in the MADlib > community that it is time for the project to consider a TLP > status: http://markmail.org/thread/mgjzwjjriqjrfsix > > Apache MADlib entered incubation on Sept. 15, 2015. Since > that time we have made 5 releases, added 3 committers and > are actively pursuing other committers. We have extensive > user documentation, an up-to-date wiki and an informative > web page. We are a very helpful and engaged community, > ready to answer all questions and feedback via the dev and > user mailing lists. We have learned much about the Apache Way > as a result of being an incubating project, and have incorporated > the guidance that we have been given by our mentors and others. > As part of that learning process we've learned a great deal about > ASF's approach to IP and have resolved MADlib licensing concerns > stemming from its BSD licensed past LEGAL-293. While we plan > to continue to develop as a community, we do not feel that remaining > as an incubating project is a prerequisite for this development. > > To inform the discussion, some project information is listed below: > > Project status: > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/madlib.html > > Project website: > http://madlib.incubator.apache.org/ > > User documentation: > http://madlib.incubator.apache.org/docs/latest/index.html > > Wiki: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MADLIB > > Github mirror: > https://github.com/apache/incubator-madlib > > JIRA: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MADLIB/ > > Maturity assessment: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MADLIB/ASF+Maturity+Evaluation > > DRAFT of the board resolution can be found at the bottom of this email. > > Proposed PMC size: 12 members > > Total number of committers: 12 members > > PMC affiliation ( * indicated chair): > > Pivotal: > - Greg Chase > - Rahul Iyer > - Nandish Jayaram > - Orhan Kışlal > - Anirudh Kondaveeti > - Frank McQuillan > - Rashmi Raghu > - Roman Shaposhnik > > Salesforce: > - Sarah Aerni > - Srivatsan R > > Recruit Holdings: > - (*) Aaron Feng > > Microsoft: > - Atri Sharma > > Here are some project statistics for the period between when Apache > MADlib entered incubation on Sept. 15, 2015 and the present: > > over 200 commits on master > 120 closed PR’s on GitHub > 16 unique contributors on master > > 186 issues created > 126 issues resolved > > dev list averaged ~81 msgs/month over last 12 months > user list averaged ~22 msgs/month over last 12 months > > Resolution: > > Establish the Apache MADlib 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, for distribution at no charge to the > public, related to a scalable, Big Data, SQL-driven machine > learning framework for Data Scientists. > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management > Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache MADlib Project", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MADlib Project be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to a scalable, Big Data, SQL-driven machine > learning framework for Data Scientists. > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache MADlib" 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 MADlib Project, and to have primary responsibility > for management of the projects within the scope of > responsibility of the Apache MADlib 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 MADlib Project: > > Sarah Aerni <sae...@apache.org> > Greg Chase <gregch...@apache.org> > Aaron Feng <aaronf...@apache.org> > Rahul Iyer <ri...@apache.org> > Nandish Jayaram <njaya...@apache.org> > Anirudh Kondaveeti <akondave...@apache.org> > Orhan Kışlal <okis...@apache.org> > Frank McQuillan <fmcquil...@apache.org> > Srivatsan R <vat...@apache.org> > Rashmi Raghu <rashmira...@apache.org> > Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> > Atri Sharma <a...@apache.org> > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Aaron Feng > be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache MADlib, 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 MADlib 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 MADlib Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache MADlib Project be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > Incubator MADlib podling; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache > Incubator MADlib podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator > Project are hereafter discharged. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
