J. Aaron,
Thanks, this looks good. Notes below.
On Nov 14, 2006, at 7:23 PM, J Aaron Farr wrote:
Below is a draft for the board resolution for an OFBiz top level
project. Some notes:
1. The OFBiz community will need to select an initial PMC Chair
This has been discussed with me as the initial candidate. I'm happy
to take this on, or in a way continue in this role. Is this something
we need to vote on as a community, or more of something we propose
and the board reviews and accepts?
2. Please review my wording of the scope of OFBiz in the first 3
paragraphs
This looks just fine and is consistent with existing descriptions of
OFBiz (de-acronym-ized, of course). It might be nice to add content
management as a specifically mentioned area, and perhaps make it
clear that the scope is fairly large related to enterprise
information by using something like "general" in front of the
"enterprise automation".
3. There is a board meeting tomorrow, so the earliest this resolution
will be on the
agenda is December 20th.
This is fine, and good in a way as it would be nice to have some time
to get ready for a real branched release so we can have that
available soon after the graduation. If people are looking into OFBiz
around the time of the graduation, it would be nice to have something
for them to more easily look at.
-David
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 enterprise automation, 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 Open For Business
Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of
the Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Open For Business Project be and
hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of
software related to enterprise automation such as enterprise
resource planning, customer relationship management, materials
requirements planning, enterprise asset management and
e-commerce.
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Open For
Business" 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 Open For Business Project, and to have
primary responsibility for management of the projects within
the scope of responsibility of the Apache Open For Business
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 Open For Business Project:
* David E. Jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
* Andy Zeneski ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
* Si Chen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
* Al Byers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
* Jacopo Cappellato ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
* Hans Bakker ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
* Jacques Le Roux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that ${PMC_CHAIR} be
and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Open
For Business, 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 Open For Business Project be
and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws
intended to encourage open development and increased
participation in the Open For Business Project; and be it
further
RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Open For Business Project be
and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of
the Apache Incubator Open For Business podling; and be it
further
RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache
Incubator Open For Business podling encumbered upon the Apache
Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged.
--
jaaron
