Hi,
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> wrote:
> So, please vote on whether you think PDFBox is ready to graduate as
> described in the board resolution draft below. Anyone in the PDFBox
> community is welcome to cast a vote, but only votes from the PDFBox
> PPMC members are binding. The vote is open for the next 72 hours.
The vote passes as follows (* marks a PPMC member, ** an IPMC member):
+1 Adam Nichols
+1 Andreas Lehmkühler *
+1 Ben Litchfield *
+1 Daniel Wilson *
+1 Jeremias Maerki **
+1 Jukka Zitting **
+1 Mel Martinez
+1 Niall Pemberton **
+1 Philipp Koch *
Thanks for voting! Since we already have the resolution drafted, I'll
proceed directly to the IPMC vote.
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 Andreas Lehmkühler
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.
