On Oct 20, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Alex Boisvert wrote:
Establish the Apache Buildr 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 a Ruby-based build system that is quick and easy for small jobs, extensible and customizable for do-it-yourself handywork, and yet suitable for larger multi-lingual, multi-project constructions, for distribution at no charge to the public.
I still think the stuff after "a Ruby-based build system" is more marketing mumbo-jumbo and not suited for a resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Buildr Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that The Apache Buildr Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of a software project related to a Ruby-based build system that is quick and easy for small jobs, extensible and customizable for do-it-yourself handywork, and yet suitable for larger multi-lingual, multi-project constructions
Ditto...
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Buildr" 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 Buildr Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of The Apache Buildr 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 Buildr Project: - Assaf Arkin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Alex Boisvert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Victor Hugo Borja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Antoine Contal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Matthieu Riou ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Alex Boisvert be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Buildr, 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
Add: RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Buildr 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 ${PROJECT} Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Buildr Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator Buildr podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache Incubator Buildr podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged. --- End Resolution ---