Charter
On December 17th, 2003, the Apache Board voted to establish the Apache Logging Services Project.
The following is an extract from the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors. You can read the full minutes here.
A. Establishment of the Apache Logging Services 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 logging of application behavior, 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 Logging Services PMC,” be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Logging Services PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software for managing the logging of application behavior, and for related software components, based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of “Vice President, Apache Logging Services” 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 Logging Services PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Logging Services 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 Logging Services PMC:
- Scott Deboy
- Ceki Gülcü
- Jacob Kjome
- Yoav Shapira
- Paul Smith
- Mark Womack
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Mr. Ceki Gülcü be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Logging Services, 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 Logging Services 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 Logging Services Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the initial Logging Services PMC be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the log4j Apache Jakarta subproject; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the initial Logging Services PMC be and hereby is tasked with the migration and integration of the sister projects, namely but not exclusively, Log4Perl, Log4Net, Log4Cxx (c++), Log4CPlus, Log4PHP and Log4plsql, subject to the will and approval of the respective project owners and communities.
This was passed by Unanimous Vote.