Below is the draft resolution which we need to submit to the board. It's based on the Harmony one, but I've obviously done more than just a ":s/Harmony/River/g" - but please check for that kind of stuff as well.
So what's missing/wrong/not needed? Establish the Apache River 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 providing an implementation of the Jini and Java Spaces specifications, and other software that is commonly associated with distributed Jini architectures, 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 River Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache River Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software providing an implementation - Hide quoted text - of the Jini and Java Spaces specifications, and other software that is commonly associated with distributed Jini architectures, for distribution at no charge to the public. RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, River" 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 River Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache River 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 River Project: * Jonathan Costers ([email protected]) * Peter Firmstone ([email protected]) * Tom Hobbs ([email protected]) * Jim Hurley ([email protected]) * Sim IJskes ([email protected]) * Brian Murphy ([email protected]) * Robert Resendes ([email protected]) * Patricia Shanahan ([email protected]) * Greg Trasuk ([email protected]) * Jim Waldo ([email protected]) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that **INSERT NAME HERE** be appointed to the office of Vice President, River, 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 River Project be and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open development and increased participation in the River Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Apache River Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator River podling; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache Incubator River podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged. Special Order 6E, Establishing the Apache River Project, was approved by **VOTE RESULT GOES HERE**.
