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:

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 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
Sorry, no. That is not specific enough to be a scope of work. Be specific
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


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