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 Java software development tools
  which are predicated on the  use of Maven's Project Object Model (POM),
  for distribution at no charge to the public.

  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
  Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Maven PMC", be and
  hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation;
  and be it further

  RESOLVED, that the Maven PMC be and hereby is responsible
  for the creation and maintenance of software related to
  Java software development, maintenance, comprehension, 
  based on software licensed to the Foundation; and be it further

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

  * Dion Gillard
  * Pete Kazmier
  * Bob McWhirter
  * James Strachan
  * Jason van Zyl

  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Dion Gillard
  be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Maven,
  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 Maven PMC be and hereby is tasked
  with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open
  development and increased participation in the Maven Project;
  and be it further

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

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