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  APACHE COMMONS PROJECT STATUS:               			-*-text-*-
  Last modified at [$Date: 2002/10/04 20:24:43 $]
  
  Release:
      none yet; still defining mission :-)
  
  What is the project's mission?  Our statement of goals/mission/vision
  should arise from the answers to the following and other questions:
  
      o Should it be a parent of reusable code projects used by other
        parts of the ASF?
  
      o Should it be the point of entry to the ASF for new/donated
        projects?
  
      o Should it be an incubator?
  
      o We want this to be language-agnostic, correct?  So C, C++,
        and Java components should all work, yes?
  
      o What types of components would be appropriate for this
        project?
  
        - Donations that don't cleanly fit into any other projects?
        - Donations that might fit but whose obvious homes don't
          want?
        - Existing components that are/would be useful to multiple
          projects?
        - Existing components that are sick of being where they are,
          AND are potentially/actually reusable/useful?
        - Sandbox projects?
        - Packages being worked on by Apache developers, with a clear
          affiliation, that can't or won't be bundled?  (E.g., an
          httpd module)
  
  Current mission/charter as approved by the board:
  
      'The Apache Commons PMC hereby is responsible for the creation
      and maintenance of software related to reusable libraries and
      components, based on software licensed to the Foundation.'
  
  The complete text of the resolution that was passed is:
  
         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 reusable libraries and
         components, 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 Commons PMC", be
         and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation;
         and be it further
  
         RESOLVED, that the Apache Commons PMC be and hereby is
         responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
         related to reusable libraries and components, based on software
         licensed to the Foundation; and be it further
  
         RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Commons"
         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 Commons PMC, and to have primary responsibility
         for management of the projects within the scope of
         responsibility of the Apache Commons 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 Commons PMC:
  
                Aaron Bannert
                Ken Coar (chair)
                Peter Donald
                Justin Erenkrantz
                Brian W. Fitzpatrick
                Jim Jagielski
                Geir Magnusson Jr.
                Greg Stein
                Sander Striker
  
         NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Ken Coar be and
         hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache
         Commons, 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 Commons 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 Commons Project.
  
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