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Brief History of PostNuke

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 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.

Establishing the PostNuke Software Foundation

The PostNuke Software Foundation was established in June 2004. 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.

Prior to establishing PNSF, 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 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.

The Steering Committee

The PostNuke Steering Committee runs the day-to-day affairs of the PostNuke project and ensure each department is organized and has what they need to function and will be responsible to the PNSF Founding Members which appointed them.

The current Steering Committee consists of the following five members:

• Simon Birtwistle - HammerHead∞
• Frank Schummertz - Landseer∞
• Robert Gasch - rgasch∞
• Steffen Voss - kaffeeringe.de∞
• Axel Guckelsberger - Guite∞

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