The Apache Synapse project (part of the Web Services PMC) and the Web Services PMC would respectfully like to propose the following resolution for review by the Board at the December meeting. Both communities have voted to propose this resolution and a number of members of the community have nominated themselves as would be members of the potential PMC.
Here is the vote result: http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A--VOTE--Establish-Synapse-as-a-TLP-with-the-following-board-resolution-p14194029.html And here is the proposed resolution: Establish Apache Synapse Top Level 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 creating an extensible service bus runtime, capable of receiving, routing, transforming, mediating and monitoring messages and service interactions in differing formats over multiple protocols, for distribution at no charge to the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as "Apache Synapse Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache Synapse Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of an extensible service bus runtime and of any such extensions based on this runtime; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Synapse" 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 Synapse Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Synapse 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 Synapse Project: · Paul Fremantle <pzf AT apache DOT org> · Ant Elder <antelder AT apache DOT org> · Deepal Jayasinghe <deepal AT apache DOT org> · Asankha Perera <asankha AT apache DOT org> · Oleg Kalnichevski <olegk AT apache DOT org> · Ruwan Linton <ruwan AT apache DOT org> · Rajith Attapattu <rajith AT apache DOT org> · Tijs Rademakers <tijs AT apache DOT org> · Glen Daniels <gdaniels AT apache DOT org> · Eran Chinthaka <chinthaka AT apache DOT org> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Paul Fremantle be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Synapse, 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 Apache Synapse Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Web Services Synapse subproject; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Web Services subproject encumbered upon the Apache Web Services Project are hereafter discharged Thanks, Paul -- Paul Fremantle Committer and Release Manager, Apache Synapse Member, WS PMC