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New Jakarta Chair


Apache TomcatYesterday, the Apache Software Foundation's Board of Directors appointed Geir Magnusson Jr. as the new chair of the Jakarta Project Management Committee.  I will remain on the PMC as well as the board.

Apache AntI was appointed as the chair just under three years ago after having served as the release manager for both Ant and Tomcat.  For the past year, I have been actively seeking a replacement.  The reason is simple: while at first, I had an itch that needed scratching and I sought to make a number of good things happen, over time those itches were scratched and my role evolved into one of stopping bad things from happening (project members misbehaving, addressing criticisms from within the foundation, etc.).  Focusing exclusively on defense is not a sustainable model: there also need to be a focus on building.

JavaIn addition to Geir and my world views being very much aligned, Geir is also the ASF's representative to the JSPA's SE/EE Executive Committee.