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27 April 2005 - Establish the Apache Tomcat Project

Establish the Apache Tomcat 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
the implementation of the Java Servlet and Java Server Pages
specifications, 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 Tomcat PMC", be and
hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and
be it further

RESOLVED, that the Apache Tomcat PMC be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software related
to creation and maintenance of open-source software related to
the implementation of the Java Servlet and Java Server Pages
specifications based on software licensed to the Foundation; and
be it further

RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Tomcat" 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 Tomcat PMC, and to have primary responsibility for
management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of
the Apache Tomcat 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 Tomcat PMC:

Jean-Francois Arcand (jfarcand@apache.org)
Bill Barker (billbarker@apache.org)
Kin-man Chung (kinman@apache.org)
Jean-Frederic Clere (jfclere@apache.org)
Ian Darwin (idarwin@apache.org)
Tim Funk (funkman@apache.org)
Henri Gomez (hgomez@apache.org)
Filip Hanik (fhanik@apache.org)
Larry Isaacs (larryi@apache.org)
Jim Jagielski (jim@apache.org)
Jan Luehe (luehe@apache.org)
Costin Manolache (costin@apache.org)
Remy Maucherat (remm@apache.org)
Kurt Miller (truk@apache.org)
Glenn Nielsen (glenn@apache.org)
Amy Roh (amyroh@apache.org)
Peter Rossbach (pero@apache.org)
Yoav Shapira (yoavs@apache.org)
Mark Thomas (markt@apache.org)
Mladen Turk (mturk@apache.org)
Keith Wannamaker (keith@apache.org)

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Remy Maucherat be
appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Tomcat, 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 Tomcat 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 Tomcat Project; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Tomcat PMC be and hereby is
tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
Jakarta PMC Tomcat subproject; and be it further

RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Jakarta
Tomcat sub-project and encumbered upon the Apache Jakarta PMC
are hereafter discharged.

Special Order B, a Resolution to Establish the Apache Tomcat
Project, was tabled to allow the board to investigate some
concerns.

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-- May 18, 2005 --

The Board of Directors of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) promoted the Apache Jakarta Tomcat to its own top-level project (TLP). Tomcat is one of the ASF's oldest projects and serves as the world's reference implementation for a Java servlet container. This new TLP will be chaired by Remy Maucherat.