Times Are Changing, So Are We. PostNuke is transforming. Four years ago, in July 2001, PostNuke grew out of the frustration of four guys (John Cox, Sean Finkle, Harry Zink and Greg Allan) not being able to contribute or give something back to an Open Source CMS project, PHP-Nuke.
Over the years the project has been shaped by the important events throughout our history and the results are we have a strong dynamic project and community. These achievements cannot go without recognizing our current success stands on the shoulders of those who've contributed to the project in the past. And since the project existed simply as a collaboration of individuals, in order to protect the long term interests of the project, we needed to establish the project legally. By creating a legal structure & identity in the form of a non-profit foundation we ensure the project lives on beyond the individuals contributing and provides the project with stability, credibility and a professional image.
The PostNuke Software Foundation (PNSF) was established last year in June 2004 with the details being finalized recently. The founding members of the organization are: Harry Zink of Fizbin LLC, Mark West Lead Developer, German PostNuke Foundation, currently represented by Andreas Krapohl, Drak of HostNuke, and Vanessa Haakenson. (see short bios below)
The functions of the founding members serve a managerial and strategic function, ensuring the project goals and directions remain constant and true to the open source philosophy, quality coding, collaboration, and open standards. It's important to stress you are not required to be member of the foundation (there is currently no membership option) to contribute to the project.
As a result of our combined experiences over the last four years the founding members agree the best way to move the project forward is to have a PN Steering Committee* (see details below) consisting of members of the various teams chosen from well-known, long term active community members and developers.
The job of the steering committee will be to handle the day-to-day running of the project and will be chosen by the founding members. The announcement of the appointments will be made within the next 10 days.
In closing, in the coming days look for an announcement regarding the PN Steering Committee and over the coming weeks look for announcements about a new look/feel for main PN site, a formal site for the foundation (read current bylaws here: http://www.postnuke.com/foundation/) and an updated project road map.
We have set up a forum for further discussions regarding the foundation here.
Viva la PN!
Sincerely,
Board of Directors
PostNuke Software Foundation, Inc
Harry Zink through Fizbin, LLC
Mark West, Lead Developer
German PostNuke Foundation, currently represented by Andreas Krapohl
Drak through HostNuke
Vanessa Haakenson
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PNSF Facts & Information
PostNuke Software Foundation
Non-profit registered in the State of Delaware
PostNuke Steering Committee
Advisory body made up of members of the various teams and responsibilities include:
- Community management & resourcing
- Determine software project priorities
- PostNuke software development and direction
- Provide policy recommendations
- Approval of development plans
Goals/Objectives:
The Corporation is a non-profit organization organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. No part of the earnings of the Corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of or be distributed to any member or individual having a personal or private interest in the activities of the Corporation.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors serve a managerial and strategic function, ensuring PostNuke remains constant and true to the open source philosophy, quality coding, collaboration, and open standards. The following people/organizations serve as initial members of the corporation:
Fizbin, LLC (Harry Zink)
One of the original founders of the project, Harry has been a constant, continued project supporter. He works as a systems administrator for a large entertainment corporation and lives in Los Angeles, California. He has a Ph.D. in psychology and loves to travel to Thailand for the food.
Vanessa Haakenson
Is co-founder of Distance-Educator.com and has been an active participant in PostNuke since July 2001 consulting on usability issues and acting as a PN evangelist to the educational community. In November of 2001 she started the site Designs4Nuke.com to consolidate and share all the information and resources regarding theme design for PostNuke. With a Master's Degree
in Educational Technology she brings a unique perspective to the project having developed web based products focusing on usability, standards, documentation, and community. Over the years she has presented at conferences about PostNuke and has authored articles on effective information design. She recently moved with her son from San Diego, California to Woodland Park, a small mountain town in Colorado.
HostNuke Ltd. (Drak)
Drak has been with the project since July 2001 and was the first to create hosting accounts with PostNuke preinstalled as a way of making it easy for new users to get started. He has 19 years experience in the computer industry and devotes most of his time working for a humanitarian charity. He donates equipment and colocation to the project and is responsive for all server level security and administration.
Mark West, Lead Developer
Works as the computing officer for Systems and Operations for Kingston University and lives
in
South
West
London,
UK.
He
specializes
in
directory
enabled
enterprise
computing,
he's
taught
programming;
techniques,
data
structures
and
algorithms
to
first
year
undergrads
at
Kingston
University
and
adheres
to
a strict
style
of
programming
- heavy
on
layout,
consistency
and
style.
Believing
the
benefits
of
this
strict,
consistent
and
academic
approach
to
coding
is
a stronger,
more
stable
and
bug
free
end
product.
He
has
been
using
PostNuke
from
the.70x.
series
and
is
the
lead
developer.
German
PostNuke
Foundation
(Represented
by Andreas
Krapohl)
Andreas
Krapohl
[aka
larsneo]
is
President
of
the
German
PostNuke
e.V.
foundation
and
is
the
head
of
IT
for
a local
newspaper
in
southern
Germany.
Has
been
with
PostNuke
since
almost
the
beginning
- at
first
with
some
translation
stuff,
then
as
module
author
(phpBB_14)
and
since
early
2002
as
a core
developer.
Main
focus
is
security,
usability
and
accessibility.
He
believes
a solution
should
be
simple
and
elegant.
Current
Jobs in PostNuke
Structure
- Development & Quality Assurance
- Communications & News Moderation
- Forum Moderation & Support
- documentation
- Language Project
- Marketing
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