Author: bayard
Date: Fri Jul 27 21:39:54 2007
New Revision: 560492
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=560492
Log:
Adding the new charter (or charter stub)
Added:
jakarta/commons/proper/commons-build/trunk/xdocs/charter.xml (with props)
Added: jakarta/commons/proper/commons-build/trunk/xdocs/charter.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/commons/proper/commons-build/trunk/xdocs/charter.xml?view=auto&rev=560492
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<document>
+
+ <properties>
+ <title>Charter</title>
+ <author email="dev@commons.apache.org">Commons Documentation Team</author>
+ </properties>
+
+ <body>
+
+<section name="Scope of Apache Commons">
+
+<p>On <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2007/board_minutes_2007_06_20.txt";>June
20, 2007</a>,
+the Apache Board voted to promote the Jakarta Commons subproject to Apache
Commons. </p>
+
+<pre>
+D. Establish the Apache Commons 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
+ Java focused reusable libraries and components.
+
+ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
+ Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Commons Project",
+ be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
+ Foundation; and be it further
+
+ RESOLVED, that the Apache Commons Project be and hereby is
+ responsible for the creation and maintenance of Java focused
+ reusable libraries and components; and be it further
+
+ RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Commons" 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 Commons Project, and to have primary responsibility for
+ management of the projects within the scope of responsibility
+ of the Apache Commons 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 Commons Project:
+
+ * Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Jochen Wiedmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Mario Ivankovits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Dennis Lundberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Martin van den Bemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Oliver Zeigermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * JArg Schaible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Oliver Heger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Torsten Curdt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Daniel Savarese <dfs at apache.org>
+ * Rory Winston <rwinston at apache.org>
+ * Luc Maisonobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Joerg Pietschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Dion Gillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Brent Worden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Torsten Curdt
+ be appointed to the office of Vice President, Commons, 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 Commons Project be and hereby
+ is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
+ encourage open development and increased participation in the
+ Commons Project; and be it further
+
+ RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Commons Project be and hereby
+ is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
+ Jakarta Project's Commons; and be it further
+
+ RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Commons
+ sub-project encumbered upon the Apache Jakarta
+ Project are hereafter discharged.
+
+ Special Order 6D, Establish the Apache Commons project, was
+ approved by Unanimous Vote.
+</pre>
+
+<p>This defines the scope of Apache Commons. </p>
+</section>
+
+<section name="Apache Commons 'Charter'">
+<p>The Apache Commons PMC may decide to focus the scope further via various
policies, rules and guidelines that will
+appear below. For posterity, the <a href="oldcharter.html">Jakarta Commons
Charter</a> is kept as a part of this website. </p>
+
+<p>Currently no such refinements apply. </p>
+</section>
+
+</body>
+</document>
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