Hi,
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'll start the graduation process [1] shortly so we can target the
> October board meeting for the official board resolution and have
> PDFBox as a TLP just in time for ApacheCon US. :-)
To have something more concrete to vote on, see below for a first
draft of the PDFBox graduation resolution. There are three important
things in it:
1) The scope and purpose of the project. The original definition says
that PDFBox is an "open source Java PDF library for working with PDF
documents", which translates into the mission to "create and maintain
open-source software related to working with PDF documents for
distribution at no charge to the public." Suggestions about the exact
wording and scope are of course welcome.
2) The initial members of the PDFBox PMC. I seeded the list with all
the current committers and mentors.
3) The first chair of the PMC. I suggested Andreas for this post and
he's willing to take it up. Do we have other candidates?
Please comment and/or suggest edits within the next few days. I'll
start the graduation vote after that.
BR,
Jukka Zitting
X. Establish the Apache PDFBox 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
open-source software related to reading, creating and
manipulating PDF documents for distribution at no charge to
the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache PDFBox Project",
be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache PDFBox Project be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
related to reading, creating and manipulating PDF documents
and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache PDFBox" 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 PDFBox Project, and to have primary responsibility
for management of the projects within the scope of
responsibility of the Apache PDFBox 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 PDFBox Project:
* Andreas Lehmkühler <[email protected]>
* Ben Litchfield <[email protected]>
* Brian Carrier <[email protected]>
* Daniel Wilson <[email protected]>
* Jeremias Märki <[email protected]>
* Jukka Zitting <[email protected]>
* Philipp Koch <[email protected]>
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that N.N.
be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache PDFBox, 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 PDFBox PMC be and hereby is
tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
encourage open development and increased participation in the
Apache PDFBox Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache PDFBox Project be and hereby
is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
Incubator PDFBox podling; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
Incubator PDFBox podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator
Project are hereafter discharged.
