Special Order: Establish the Apache JMeter 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 a Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance, 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 JMeter Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache JMeter Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of software that provides a Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance; and be it further RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache JMeter" 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 JMeter Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache JMeter 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 JMeter Project: * Sebastian Bazley (sebb AT a.o) * Milamber (milamber AT a.o) * Peter Lin (woolfel AT a.o) * Henri Yandell (bayard AT a.o) * Rahul Akolkar (rahul AT a.o) * Oleg Kalnichevski (olegk AT a.o) * Rainer Jung (rjung AT a.o) * Philippe Mouawad (pmouawad AT a.o) NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Sebastian Bazley be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache JMeter, 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 JMeter 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 JMeter Project; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Apache JMeter Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Jakarta JMeter sub-project; and be it further RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Jakarta JMeter sub-project encumbered upon the Apache Jakarta Project are hereafter discharged.