To the Board of the Apache Software Foundation: We, the committers of the Jakarta sub-project jakarta-struts have held a vote and agreed to apply to you for elevation of our sub-project to the status of a top-level Apache project.
Struts is a mature, self-determining project that is able to govern itself under the auspices of the ASF Board in accordance with ASF bylaws and guidelines. We believe that normalizing our relationship with the ASF Board by reporting directly rather than through the Jakarta PMC, and taking full responsibility for our community and codebase will benefit all concerned. Please find attached our proposed board resolution. Submitted on behalf of the Struts community by: Craig R. McClanahan Ted Husted Rob Leland Cedric Dumoulin Martin Cooper Arron Bates James Holmes David M. Karr David Graham James Mitchell Steve Raeburn Don Brown Joe Germuska Vote thread on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list: http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&by=thread&from=666369
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 the Apache Struts framework, 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 Struts PMC", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Struts PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software for Apache Struts and for related software components, based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Struts" 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 Struts PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Struts 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 Apache Struts PMC: Craig R. McClanahan Ted Husted Rob Leland Cedric Dumoulin Martin Cooper Arron Bates James Holmes David M. Karr David Graham James Mitchell Steve Raeburn Don Brown Joe Germuska NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Craig R. McClanahan be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Struts, 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 Struts PMC be and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open development and increased participation of the Apache Struts Project, in the Java language as well as others, and be it further RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Struts PMC be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Jakarta PMC Struts subproject, and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Jakarta Struts sub-project and encumbered upon the Jakarta PMC are hereafter discharged.
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