After a bit of discussion here is the updated board resolution draft. We'll wait until Monday to send it to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list, so if anyone has any comments or feedback please send them over.
-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 "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 generic enterprise information automation such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, materials requirements planning, enterprise asset management, enterprise content management and electronic commerce that can be used as a basis for custom solutions, industry specific products, and other higher level systems. 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 management committee for The Apache Open For Business Project: * David E. Jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Si Chen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Jacopo Cappellato ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Andy Zeneski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Al Byers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Hans Bakker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Yoav Shapira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * David Welton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that David E. Jones 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.
