+1 from me On 3/10/06, Berin Lautenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peoples, > > Sometime back we talked about becoming a TLP. With the recent JuiCE > efforts, + JSR 105 + XKMS we are starting to see a few different things > occuring. I'd be hugely in favour of starting something at a higher > level in Apache to get some visibility. > > I'm also toying with the idea of creating a broader security > project/federation to encourage that kind of software within the ASF. > > Thoughts? > > Draft proposal for the board below. If we want to do this - all active > committers will need to vote either on this or on a broader (or even > narrower!) charter terms of reference that we all can agree to. > > Cheers, > Berin > > > > 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 XML security technologies, > 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 XML Security PMC", > be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the > Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the Apache XML Security PMC be and hereby is > responsible for the creation and maintenance of software > related to creation and maintenance of open-source software > related to XML security technologies based on software licensed > to the Foundation; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache XML > Security" 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 XML Security PMC, and to have primary > responsibility for management of the projects within the scope > of responsibility of the Apache XML Security PMC; 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 XML Security PMC: > > > > <!-- List out all committers in format of > Berin Lautenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --> > > > NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, than ?? > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> appointed to the office of Vice President, > Apache XML Security, 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 XML Security 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 XML Security Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the initial Apache XML Security PMC be and hereby > is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache > XML PMC XML Security subproject; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the XML XML > Security sub-project and encumbered upon the Apache XML PMC are > hereafter discharged. >
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