| Title: Foundation Project |
| license: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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| <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. |
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| # What is the ASF? # |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| # How did the ASF and Apache® projects grow? # |
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| 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. |
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| # How are the ASF and Apache projects governed? # |
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| 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. |
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| 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/). |
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| # What is the role of ASF Members? # |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| # Who runs the ASF? # |
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| 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: |
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| <!-- |
| N.B. Also: http://apache.org/foundation/board/ |
| --> |
| #### Board members #### |
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| <!-- |
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| See asfdata.yaml, https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-pelican/blob/master/plugins/asfdata.py |
| which sets up the data |
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| Not currently appointed, see Dec 2020 board meeting minutes |
| V.P., Finance | ci.finance.chair | |
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| |-----------|-----------|-------------| |
| | [{ 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 }] | |
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| #### Officers #### |
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| The Board has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF: |
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| | 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] }] | |
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| The President has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF: |
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| | 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/infrastructure.html) | [{ ci[infrastructure][roster] }] | |
| | V.P., [[]Marketing and Publicity](/press/) | [{ ci[marketingandpublicity][chair] }] | |
| | V.P., [[]Travel Assistance](/travel/) | [{ ci[tac][chair] }] | |
| | [[]Infrastructure Administrator](/dev/infrastructure.html) | [{ ci[infrastructureadministrator][roster] }] | |
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| VP, Fundraising has appointed the following corporate officers of the ASF: |
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| | Office | Individual | |
| |-----------|-------------| |
| | V.P., Sponsor Relations | [{ ci[sponsorrelations][roster] }] | |
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| #### PMC chairs #### |
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| The Board has appointed the following Vice Presidents to chair the PMCs |
| of each Apache project: |
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| | 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] |
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| 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. |
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| [[]1]: /foundation/governance/ |
| [[]2]: /foundation/bylaws#meetings-of-members |