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]>