I will vote against any resolution calling for a "Web Services" project for the same reason we don't have a "Java" project or a ".NET" project. Those are marketing names owned and established by other companies. Find a new name.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 06:53 AM, Sam Ruby wrote:
Sorry, no. That is not specific enough to be a scope of work. Be specificWHEREAS, 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 Web Services, for distribution at no charge to the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Web Services PMC", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Web Services PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related to component and service management, based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further
to avoid including httpd and commons in your scope.
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Web Services" be and
hereby is created, the person(s) holding such office to serve at
the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the
Web Services PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management
of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the
Web Services 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
Web Services PMC:
David Chappell
Glen Daniels
Anthony Elder
Jeremy Hughes
Tom Jordahl
Erwin van der Koogh
Ted Leung
Steve Loughran
Christian Geuer-Pollmann
Axl Mattheus
Nirmal Mukhi
Scott Nichol
Piotr Przybylski
Sam Ruby
Alek Slominski
James Snell
Davanum Srinivas
Sanjiva Weerawarana
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Davanum Srinivas
be and hereby are appointed to the office of Vice President,
Web Services, 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 Web Services PMC be and hereby is tasked
with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open
development and increased participation in the Web Services Project
That is where the board resolution should end.
; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Web Services PMC be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the XML PMC Axis subproject; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Web Services PMC be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the XML PMC SOAP subproject; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Web Services PMC be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the XML PMC Security subproject; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the XML Axis sub-project and encumbered upon the Web Services PMC are hereafter discharged.
That stuff should be implied by the scope of work and worked out between the XML and *new* PMCs. ....Roy p.s. the rest looks like a paste-o -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
