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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to appoint an officer and create an executive committee responsible for establishing, promoting, and coordinating governance policies, models, agents, and best practices for AI use within the ASF. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the office of "Vice President, Responsible AI" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors, and to have responsibility for establishing, promoting, and coordinating governance policies, models, agents, and best practices for AI use within the ASF. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jeff Genender be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Responsible AI, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the "Responsible AI Committee" be and hereby is created, the members of which to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors, and to have responsibility to advise the Vice President, Responsible AI on establishing, promoting, and coordinating governance policies, models, agents, and best practices for AI use within the ASF. RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Responsible AI Committee: * Danny Angus <danny@apache.org> * Zili Chen <tison@apache.org> * Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacretaz@apache.org> * Bruno Demion <milamber@apache.org> * C David "Dave" Fisher <wave@apache.org> * Jeff Genender <jgenender@apache.org> * Jamie Goodyear <jgoodyear@apache.org> * Qiang Guo <kirs@apache.org> * Jim Jagielski <jim@apache.org> * Sally Khudairi <sk@apache.org> * Chris Lambertus <cml@apache.org> * Justin Mclean <jmclean@apache.org> * Alexandru-Robert Munteanu <rombert@apache.org> * Andrew Musselman <akm@apache.org> * Achim Nierbeck <anierbeck@apache.org> * Craig L Russell <clr@apache.org> * Greg Stein <gstein@apache.org> * Kanchana Welagedara <kanchana@apache.org> * Henri Yandell <bayard@apache.org> * Jean-Baptiste Onofré <jbonofre@apache.org> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Responsible AI Committee shall obtain prior approval from the Board of Directors for any budget allocations, and shall thereafter be free to expend such funds in accordance with the approved budget. Special Order 7A, Create the Responsible AI Executive Committee, was not approved by roll call vote, with four yea votes (Emmanuel Lecharny, Jean-Baptiste Onofré, Greg Stein, Sander Striker), three nay votes (Shane Curcuru, Christofer Dutz, Justin Mclean), and one abstention (Christopher Schultz). Bylaws 5.9 requires a resolution establishing an Executive Committee to be adopted by a majority of the full Board of Directors; four of nine is not such a majority.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to appoint an officer and create an executive committee responsible for providing the Foundation and PMCs access to AI models and tooling including project-level ecosystem support, community engagement, and global participation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the office of "Vice President, Responsible AI" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors, and to have responsibility for providing the Foundation and PMCs access to AI models and tooling including project-level ecosystem support, community engagement, and global participation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jeff Genender be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Responsible AI, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the "Responsible AI Committee" be and hereby is created, the members of which to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors, and to have responsibility for providing the Foundation and PMCs access to AI models and tooling including project-level ecosystem support, community engagement, and global participation. RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Responsible AI Committee: * Danny Angus <danny@apache.org> * Zili Chen <tison@apache.org> * Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacretaz@apache.org> * Bruno Demion <milamber@apache.org> * C David "Dave" Fisher <wave@apache.org> * Jeff Genender <jgenender@apache.org> * Qiang Guo <kirs@apache.org> * Sally Khudairi <sk@apache.org> * Chris Lambertus <cml@apache.org> * Justin Mclean <jmclean@apache.org> * Alexandru-Robert Munteanu <rombert@apache.org> * Andrew Musselman <akm@apache.org> * Craig L Russell <clr@apache.org> * Greg Stein <gstein@apache.org> * Henri Yandell <bayard@apache.org> * Kanchana Welagedara <kanchana@apache.org> Special Order 7B, Create the Responsible AI Executive Committee, was tabled.
