In its meeting yesterday the Apache Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution naming Gary VanMatre the new chair of the Apache Shale Project Management Committee. Please join us in congratulating Gary for this new role.
In addition we would like to publicly thank Craig McClanahan for his service to this project and his invaluable contribution to the Java web application development community. We are endlessly grateful to him for his role in defining the JavaServer Faces framework and, more specifically, in birthing the Shale project. It is no small loss to this community that his work has made it difficult for him to be as involved as he once was. At his own request, Craig is now an emeritus member of the Shale PMC. Thank you, Greg Reddin Apache Shale PMC Member
