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 Title: Foundation Project
 license: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 <br>
 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
 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 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 that benefits millions of users worldwide: projects distribute thousands of software
 solutions 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 other events.

 # How did the ASF and Apache&reg; 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 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 receives 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,
 following the [[]ASF Bylaws](bylaws.html). The Board, in turn, appoints
 a number of officers to oversee the day-to-day operations of the
 Foundation. **[[]Public records](records/)** of our operations are
 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.

 Project Management Committees (PMCs), made up of individuals who have shown merit and leadership within ASF projects, govern those projects.
 There are detailed descriptions of [[]ASF and project governance models](governance/).

 # What is the role of ASF Members? #

 Since the Foundation is a Delaware membership corporation, [[]Apache Members](governance/members.html) are like shareholders in
 the legal corporation.  Members vote to elect the Board of Directors and may propose
 new Member candidates at [[]Annual Members' 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, as [[] 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 nine-member board to run the foundation, to set policy, and to ensure it is carried out. The directors of the board are:

 <!--
   N.B. Also: http://apache.org/foundation/board/
 -->
 #### Board members ####

 <!--
   The tables below are now updated automatically from committee-info.json
   See asfdata.yaml, theme/plugins/asfdata.py which sets up the data
   ----
   Not currently appointed, see Dec 2020 board meeting minutes
   V.P., Finance |  ci.finance.chair  |
 -->


 |  |  |  |
 |-----------|-----------|-------------|
 | [{ board[0].name }] | [{ board[1].name }] | [{ board[2].name }] |
 | [{ board[3].name }] | [{ board[4].name }] | [{ board[5].name }] |
 | [{ board[6].name }] | [{ board[7].name }] | [{ board[8].name }] |

 #### Officers ####

 The Board has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF:

 | Office    | Individual  |
 |-----------|-------------|
 | Board Chair |  [{ ci[boardchair][roster] }] |
 | Vice Chair |  [{ ci[vicechair][roster] }] |
 | President |  [{ ci[president][roster] }] |
 | Exec. V.P |  [{ ci[execvp][roster] }] |
 | [[]Treasurer](https://treasurer.apache.org/) |  [{ ci[treasurer][roster] }] |
 | Assistant Treasurer |  [{ ci[assistanttreasurer][roster] }] |
 | Secretary |  [{ ci[secretary][roster] }] |
 | Assistant Secretary |  [{ ci[assistantsecretary][roster] }] |
 | V.P., [[]Legal Affairs](/legal/) |  [{ ci[legal][chair] }] |
 | Assistant V.P., [[]Legal Affairs](/legal/) |  [{ ci[assistantvplegalaffairs][roster] }] |
 | V.P., [[]Security](/security/) |  [{ ci[security][chair] }] |
 | V.P., [[]Data Privacy](https://privacy.apache.org/) |  [{ ci[dataprivacy][chair] }] |
 | V.P., [[]W3C Relations](https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/W3C_Relations.html) |  [{ ci[w3crelations][roster] }] |

 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][roster] }] |
 | V.P., [[]Marketing and Publicity](/press/) |  [{ ci[marketingandpublicity][chair] }] |
 | V.P., [[]Travel Assistance](/travel/) |  [{ ci[tac][chair] }] |
 | [[]Infrastructure Administrator](/dev/) |  [{ ci[infrastructureadministrator][roster] }] |

 VP, Fundraising has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF:

 | Office    | Individual  |
 |-----------|-------------|
 | V.P., Sponsor Relations |  [{ ci[sponsorrelations][roster] }] |

 #### PMC chairs ####

 The Board has appointed the following Vice Presidents to chair the PMCs
 of each Apache project:

 | Office    | Individual  |
 |-----------|-------------|[for projects]
 | V.P., [if-any projects.site][[][end]Apache [projects.display_name][if-any projects.site]]([projects.site])[end] | [projects.chair] |[end]

 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]: /foundation/governance/
   [[]2]: /foundation/bylaws.html#meetings-of-members
	Title: Foundation Project
	license: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

	<br>
	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
	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 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 that benefits millions of users worldwide: projects distribute thousands of software
	solutions 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 other events.

	# 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 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 receives 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,
	following the [[]ASF Bylaws](bylaws.html). The Board, in turn, appoints
	a number of officers to oversee the day-to-day operations of the
	Foundation. [[]Public records](records/) of our operations are
	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.

	Project Management Committees (PMCs), made up of individuals who have shown merit and leadership within ASF projects, govern those projects.
	There are detailed descriptions of [[]ASF and project governance models](governance/).

	# What is the role of ASF Members? #

	Since the Foundation is a Delaware membership corporation, [[]Apache Members](governance/members.html) are like shareholders in
	the legal corporation. Members vote to elect the Board of Directors and may propose
	new Member candidates at [[]Annual Members' 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, as [[] 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 nine-member board to run the foundation, to set policy, and to ensure it is carried out. The directors of the board are:

	<!--
	N.B. Also: http://apache.org/foundation/board/
	-->
	#### Board members ####

	<!--
	The tables below are now updated automatically from committee-info.json
	See asfdata.yaml, theme/plugins/asfdata.py which sets up the data
	----
	Not currently appointed, see Dec 2020 board meeting minutes
	V.P., Finance \| ci.finance.chair \|
	-->


	\| \| \| \|
	\|-----------\|-----------\|-------------\|
	\| [{ board[0].name }] \| [{ board[1].name }] \| [{ board[2].name }] \|
	\| [{ board[3].name }] \| [{ board[4].name }] \| [{ board[5].name }] \|
	\| [{ board[6].name }] \| [{ board[7].name }] \| [{ board[8].name }] \|

	#### Officers ####

	The Board has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF:

	\| Office \| Individual \|
	\|-----------\|-------------\|
	\| Board Chair \| [{ ci[boardchair][roster] }] \|
	\| Vice Chair \| [{ ci[vicechair][roster] }] \|
	\| President \| [{ ci[president][roster] }] \|
	\| Exec. V.P \| [{ ci[execvp][roster] }] \|
	\| [[]Treasurer](https://treasurer.apache.org/) \| [{ ci[treasurer][roster] }] \|
	\| Assistant Treasurer \| [{ ci[assistanttreasurer][roster] }] \|
	\| Secretary \| [{ ci[secretary][roster] }] \|
	\| Assistant Secretary \| [{ ci[assistantsecretary][roster] }] \|
	\| V.P., [[]Legal Affairs](/legal/) \| [{ ci[legal][chair] }] \|
	\| Assistant V.P., [[]Legal Affairs](/legal/) \| [{ ci[assistantvplegalaffairs][roster] }] \|
	\| V.P., [[]Security](/security/) \| [{ ci[security][chair] }] \|
	\| V.P., [[]Data Privacy](https://privacy.apache.org/) \| [{ ci[dataprivacy][chair] }] \|
	\| V.P., [[]W3C Relations](https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/W3C_Relations.html) \| [{ ci[w3crelations][roster] }] \|

	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][roster] }] \|
	\| V.P., [[]Marketing and Publicity](/press/) \| [{ ci[marketingandpublicity][chair] }] \|
	\| V.P., [[]Travel Assistance](/travel/) \| [{ ci[tac][chair] }] \|
	\| [[]Infrastructure Administrator](/dev/) \| [{ ci[infrastructureadministrator][roster] }] \|

	VP, Fundraising has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF:

	\| Office \| Individual \|
	\|-----------\|-------------\|
	\| V.P., Sponsor Relations \| [{ ci[sponsorrelations][roster] }] \|

	#### PMC chairs ####

	The Board has appointed the following Vice Presidents to chair the PMCs
	of each Apache project:

	\| Office \| Individual \|
	\|-----------\|-------------\|[for projects]
	\| V.P., [if-any projects.site][[][end]Apache [projects.display_name][if-any projects.site]]([projects.site])[end] \| [projects.chair] \|[end]

	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]: /foundation/governance/
	[[]2]: /foundation/bylaws.html#meetings-of-members