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The mission of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services and support for many like-minded software project communities consisting of individuals who choose to participate in ASF activities. # What is the ASF? # Established in 1999, the ASF is a US 501(c)(3) charitable organization, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors. Our all-volunteer board oversees more than 350 leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server -- the world's most popular Web server software. The ASF provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits potential legal exposure for our project committers. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as "[The Apache Way](/theapacheway/)," more than 850 individual Members and 8,200 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, and expo. # How did the ASF and Apache® projects grow? # Formerly known as the Apache Group, the ASF was [incorporated](records/certificate.html) in 1999 as a [membership-based][1], not-for-profit corporation in order to ensure that the Apache projects continue to exist beyond the participation of individual volunteers. Individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to collaborative open-source software development, through sustained participation and contributions within the Foundation's projects, are eligible for membership in the ASF. An individual is awarded membership after nomination and approval by a majority of the existing [ASF members](members.html). Thus, the ASF is governed by the community it most directly serves -- the people collaborating within its projects. # How are the ASF and Apache projects governed? # The [ASF members](members.html) periodically elect a [Board of Directors](board/) to manage the organizational affairs of the Foundation, as accorded by the [ASF Bylaws](bylaws.html). The Board, in turn, appoints a number of officers to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Foundation. A number of **[public records](records/)** of our operation are made available to the community. A more detailed explanation of [How the ASF works](how-it-works.html) in terms of day to day operations is available, and the [Apache Community Development project](http://community.apache.org/)'s goal is to help newcomers learn more about the Apache Software Foundation. Individual Apache projects are in turn governed directly by Project Management Committees (PMC) made up of individuals who have shown merit and leadership within those projects. There are detailed descriptions of [ASF and project governance models](governance/). # What is the role of ASF Members? # As a Delaware membership corporation, [Apache Members](governance/members.html) are like shareholders in the legal corporation. Members vote on the Board of Directors and may propose new Member candidates at [Annual Member's Meetings](governance/meetings). Members have a [number of rights and responsibilities documented in our Governance guide](governance/members.html). Note that Apache Members have a role with respect to the ASF as a corporation and their [role is defined in the ASF's bylaws][2]. This is separate from membership in our many Apache Project Management Committees, who are only responsible for development and community management in their individual project. # Who runs the ASF? # The membership of the ASF elects the 9 member board to run the foundation and to set and ensure policy. The directors of the board are: #### Board members #### | | | | |-----------|-------------|-------------| | {{ CI.board.0}} | {{ CI.board.1}} | {{ CI.board.2}} | | {{ CI.board.3}} | {{ CI.board.4}} | {{ CI.board.5}} | | {{ CI.board.6}} | {{ CI.board.7}} | {{ CI.board.8}} | #### Officers ####
The Board has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF: | Office | Individual | |-----------|-------------| | Board Chair | {{ CI.boardchair.person }} | | Vice Chair | {{ CI.vicechair.person }} | | President | {{ CI.president.person }} | | Exec. V.P | {{ CI.execvp.person }} | | Treasurer | {{ CI.treasurer.person }} | | Assistant Treasurer | {{ CI.assistanttreasurer.person }} | | Secretary | {{ CI.secretary.person }} | | Assistant Secretary | {{ CI.assistantsecretary.person }} | | V.P., [Legal Affairs](/legal/) | {{ CI.legal.chair }} | | Assistant V.P., [Legal Affairs](/legal/) | {{ CI.assistantvplegalaffairs }} | | V.P., [Security](/security/) |{{ CI.security.chair }} | | V.P., Data Privacy | {{ CI.dataprivacy.chair }} | | V.P., [W3C Relations](https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/W3C_Relations.html) | {{ CI.w3crelations.person }} |
The President has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF: | Office | Individual | |-----------|-------------| | V.P., [Brand Management](marks/) | {{ CI.brand.chair }} | | V.P., [Conferences](https://events.apache.org/) | {{ CI.concom.chair }} | | V.P., [Diversity and Inclusion](http://diversity.apache.org/) | {{ CI.diversity.chair }} | | V.P., Fundraising | {{ CI.fundraising.chair }} | | V.P., [Infrastructure](/dev/) | {{ CI.infrastructure.person }} | | V.P., [Marketing and Publicity](/press/) | {{ CI.marketingandpublicity.chair }} | | V.P., [Travel Assistance](/travel/) | {{ CI.tac.chair }} | | [Infrastructure Administrator](/dev/) | {{ CI.infrastructureadministrator.person }} |
VP, Fundraising has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF: | Office | Individual | |-----------|-------------| | V.P., Sponsor Relations | {{ CI.sponsorrelations.person }} | #### PMC chairs ####
The Board has appointed the following Vice Presidents to chair the PMCs of each Apache project: | Office | Individual | |-----------|-------------| {% for p in pmcs %} | V.P., {% if p.site %}[{% endif %}Apache {{ p.name }}{% if p.site %}]({{p.site}}){% endif %} | {{ p.chair }} | {% endfor %}
The Foundation is a collaborative project of the ASF. Our goal is to build and sustain the literal foundation upon which our open-source software projects are based. [1]: https://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/ [2]: https://www.apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html#meetings-of-members