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David E Jones-2

Update OFBiz Board Resolution Draft

After a bit of discussion here is the updated board resolution draft.
We'll wait until Monday to send it to the general@incubator list, so
if anyone has any comments or feedback please send them over.

-David

==================================
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 enterprise automation, for
distribution at no charge to the public.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Open For
Business Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to
Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further

RESOLVED, that The Apache Open For Business Project be and
hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of
software related to generic enterprise information automation
such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship
management, materials requirements planning, enterprise
asset management, enterprise content management and
electronic commerce that can be used as a basis for custom
solutions, industry specific products, and other higher
level systems.

RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Open For
Business" 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 Open For Business Project, and to have
primary responsibility for management of the projects within
the scope of responsibility of The Apache Open For Business
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
management committee for The Apache Open For Business Project:

* David E. Jones ([hidden email])
* Si Chen ([hidden email])
* Jacopo Cappellato ([hidden email])
* Andy Zeneski ([hidden email])
* Al Byers ([hidden email])
* Hans Bakker ([hidden email])
* Yoav Shapira ([hidden email])
* David Welton ([hidden email])

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that David E. Jones be
and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Open
For Business, 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 Open For Business Project be
and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws
intended to encourage open development and increased
participation in the Open For Business Project; and be it
further

RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Open For Business Project be
and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of
the Apache Incubator Open For Business podling; and be it
further

RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache
Incubator Open For Business podling encumbered upon the Apache
Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged.

David E Jones-2

Re: Update OFBiz Board Resolution Draft

On Nov 18, 2006, at 7:39 PM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> After a bit of discussion here is the updated board resolution
> draft. We'll wait until Monday to send it to the general@incubator
> list, so if anyone has any comments or feedback please send them over.
>
> -David

I forgot to include the OFBiz acronym as a commonly known alternate
name for the project. So, consider the version below as the proposed
draft instead.

-David

==================================
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 enterprise automation, for
distribution at no charge to the public.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Open For
Business Project" (also known as "Apache OFBiz"), be and
hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation;
and be it further

RESOLVED, that The Apache Open For Business Project be and
hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of
software related to generic enterprise information automation
such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship
management, materials requirements planning, enterprise
asset management, enterprise content management and
electronic commerce that can be used as a basis for custom
solutions, industry specific products, and other higher
level systems.

RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Open For
Business" 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 Open For Business Project, and to have
primary responsibility for management of the projects within
the scope of responsibility of The Apache Open For Business
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 Open For Business Project:

* David E. Jones ([hidden email])
* Jacopo Cappellato ([hidden email])
* Si Chen ([hidden email])
* Andy Zeneski ([hidden email])
* Hans Bakker ([hidden email])
* Al Byers ([hidden email])
* Yoav Shapira ([hidden email])
* David Welton ([hidden email])

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that David E. Jones be
and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Open
For Business, 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 Open For Business Project be
and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws
intended to encourage open development and increased
participation in the Open For Business Project; and be it
further

RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Open For Business Project be
and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of
the Apache Incubator Open For Business podling; and be it
further

RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache
Incubator Open For Business podling encumbered upon the Apache
Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged.

Yoav Shapira-2

Re: Update OFBiz Board Resolution Draft

+1.

Yoav

On 11/18/06, David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> On Nov 18, 2006, at 7:39 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
> >
> > After a bit of discussion here is the updated board resolution
> > draft. We'll wait until Monday to send it to the general@incubator
> > list, so if anyone has any comments or feedback please send them over.
> >
> > -David
>
> I forgot to include the OFBiz acronym as a commonly known alternate
> name for the project. So, consider the version below as the proposed
> draft instead.
>
> -David
>
> ==================================
> 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 enterprise automation, for
> distribution at no charge to the public.
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
> Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Open For
> Business Project" (also known as "Apache OFBiz"), be and
> hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation;
> and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that The Apache Open For Business Project be and
> hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of
> software related to generic enterprise information automation
> such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship
> management, materials requirements planning, enterprise
> asset management, enterprise content management and
> electronic commerce that can be used as a basis for custom
> solutions, industry specific products, and other higher
> level systems.
>
> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Open For
> Business" 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 Open For Business Project, and to have
> primary responsibility for management of the projects within
> the scope of responsibility of The Apache Open For Business
> 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 Open For Business Project:
>
> * David E. Jones ([hidden email])
> * Jacopo Cappellato ([hidden email])
> * Si Chen ([hidden email])
> * Andy Zeneski ([hidden email])
> * Hans Bakker ([hidden email])
> * Al Byers ([hidden email])
> * Yoav Shapira ([hidden email])
> * David Welton ([hidden email])
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that David E. Jones be
> and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Open
> For Business, 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 Open For Business Project be
> and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws
> intended to encourage open development and increased
> participation in the Open For Business Project; and be it
> further
>
> RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Open For Business Project be
> and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of
> the Apache Incubator Open For Business podling; and be it
> further
>
> RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache
> Incubator Open For Business podling encumbered upon the Apache
> Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged.
>
>

davidnwelton

Re: Update OFBiz Board Resolution Draft

On 11/19/06, Yoav Shapira <[hidden email]> wrote:
> +1.

Looks good to me too, I think you can go ahead and post it to the
incubator list... the end is in sight:-)

--
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Jacopo Cappellato

Re: Update OFBiz Board Resolution Draft

In reply to this post by David E Jones-2

+1

David E Jones wrote:

>
> On Nov 18, 2006, at 7:39 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> After a bit of discussion here is the updated board resolution draft.
>> We'll wait until Monday to send it to the general@incubator list, so
>> if anyone has any comments or feedback please send them over.
>>
>> -David
>
> I forgot to include the OFBiz acronym as a commonly known alternate name
> for the project. So, consider the version below as the proposed draft
> instead.
>
> -David
>
> ==================================
> 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 enterprise automation, for
> distribution at no charge to the public.
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
> Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Open For
> Business Project" (also known as "Apache OFBiz"), be and
> hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation;
> and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that The Apache Open For Business Project be and
> hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of
> software related to generic enterprise information automation
> such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship
> management, materials requirements planning, enterprise
> asset management, enterprise content management and
> electronic commerce that can be used as a basis for custom
> solutions, industry specific products, and other higher
> level systems.
>
> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Open For
> Business" 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 Open For Business Project, and to have
> primary responsibility for management of the projects within
> the scope of responsibility of The Apache Open For Business
> 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 Open For Business Project:
>
> * David E. Jones ([hidden email])
> * Jacopo Cappellato ([hidden email])
> * Si Chen ([hidden email])
> * Andy Zeneski ([hidden email])
> * Hans Bakker ([hidden email])
> * Al Byers ([hidden email])
> * Yoav Shapira ([hidden email])
> * David Welton ([hidden email])
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that David E. Jones be
> and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Open
> For Business, 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 Open For Business Project be
> and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws
> intended to encourage open development and increased
> participation in the Open For Business Project; and be it
> further
>
> RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Open For Business Project be
> and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of
> the Apache Incubator Open For Business podling; and be it
> further
>
> RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache
> Incubator Open For Business podling encumbered upon the Apache
> Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged.

Jacques Le Roux

Re: Update OFBiz Board Resolution Draft

Administrator

In reply to this post by David E Jones-2

+1

Jacques
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Subject: Re: Update OFBiz Board Resolution Draft

David E Jones-2

Re: Update OFBiz Board Resolution Draft

In reply to this post by David E Jones-2

Okay, I just sent this to the general@incubator mailing list, so we
should be moving there again.

-David

On Nov 18, 2006, at 7:47 PM, David E Jones wrote:

>
> On Nov 18, 2006, at 7:39 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> After a bit of discussion here is the updated board resolution
>> draft. We'll wait until Monday to send it to the general@incubator
>> list, so if anyone has any comments or feedback please send them
>> over.
>>
>> -David
>
> I forgot to include the OFBiz acronym as a commonly known alternate
> name for the project. So, consider the version below as the
> proposed draft instead.
>
> -David
>
> ==================================
> 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 enterprise automation, for
> distribution at no charge to the public.
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
> Committee (PMC), to be known as the "The Apache Open For
> Business Project" (also known as "Apache OFBiz"), be and
> hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation;
> and be it further
>
> RESOLVED, that The Apache Open For Business Project be and
> hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of
> software related to generic enterprise information automation
> such as enterprise resource planning, customer relationship
> management, materials requirements planning, enterprise
> asset management, enterprise content management and
> electronic commerce that can be used as a basis for custom
> solutions, industry specific products, and other higher
> level systems.
>
> RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Open For
> Business" 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 Open For Business Project, and to have
> primary responsibility for management of the projects within
> the scope of responsibility of The Apache Open For Business
> 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 Open For Business Project:
>
> * David E. Jones ([hidden email])
> * Jacopo Cappellato ([hidden email])
> * Si Chen ([hidden email])
> * Andy Zeneski ([hidden email])
> * Hans Bakker ([hidden email])
> * Al Byers ([hidden email])
> * Yoav Shapira ([hidden email])
> * David Welton ([hidden email])
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that David E. Jones be
> and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Open
> For Business, 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 Open For Business Project be
> and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws
> intended to encourage open development and increased
> participation in the Open For Business Project; and be it
> further
>
> RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Open For Business Project be
> and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of
> the Apache Incubator Open For Business podling; and be it
> further
>
> RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache
> Incubator Open For Business podling encumbered upon the Apache
> Incubator PMC are hereafter discharged.
>