Right, though the exact punctuation doesn't really matter. The best non-ASF examples I have are in the document at
https://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/publications/files/0255.pdf <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj-icri5e3rAhW0HjQIHfisDuAQFjAAegQIAhAB&url=http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/publications/files/0255.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1vCSYrDsikBoz_9sYuC_yx> which use a period at the end of the last WHEREAS clause. ....Roy On Sep 16, 2020, at 2:31 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are you referring to the first paragraph in [1] and [2] ? > > It looks like the full stop was present since the HTTPD PMC was > established [3], likewise Jakarta and XML [4] > > According to [5], WHEREAS means something different when used at the > start of a legal document. > In such context it is used to introduce the reason for the document. > > It seems to me that the word is being used here in this specific legal > form, not as a conjunction between two phrases. > > [1] > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/whimsy/master/www/board/agenda/templates/establish.erb > [2] > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/whimsy/master/www/roster/views/ppmc/establish.text.rb > [3] > http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/1999/board_consent_1999_06_01.txt > [4] > http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/1999/board_minutes_1999_09_16.txt > [5] https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Whereas > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 04:46, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I think there is a bug in the new project resolution template. >> >> The WHEREAS paragraph ends with a full stop. Since the WHEREAS paragraph is >> not a complete sentence, I believe it should end with a semicolon. >> >> Craig >> >> Craig L Russell >> c...@apache.org >>
