Whereas, it is our sense that public communications of the Foundation should be managed by qualified members; therefore, Resolved, That a committee shall be formed to oversee all official public communications of the Foundation, including but not limited to: periodicals, journals, newspapers, and other publications; web site content, both residing on services run by the Foundation and intended for outside parties, such as online magazines; mailing lists; and Usenet news groups. Resolved, That this committee shall be an Executive Committee in accordance with section 5.9 of the bylaws of the Foundation, with duties and responsibilities as determined by the Board of Directors, and operating within limits established by policies adopted by resolution of the Board of Directors. Resolved, That this committee shall be the designated authority on all matters concerning public communications of the Foundation. Resolved, That the Board of Directors shall appoint the membership of this committee, which may change at any time as the Board of Directors sees fit. Resolved, That this committee shall operate following the guidelines given in the NetBSD Foundation Decision Making Policy, and shall refer disputes to the Board of Directors when such disputes cannot otherwise be resolved according to that policy. Resolved, That this committee shall be known and referred to as the "Executive Committee for Communications." Resolved, That it is appropriate and good to refer to this committee in any internal correspondence as "communication-exec@NetBSD.org" or simply "communication-exec." These resolutions were adopted by the NetBSD Foundation Board of Directors on during a meeting of the Board on January 14, 2003. The following Directors voted in favor of adopting these resolutions: Alistair Crooks, Chris Demetriou, Luke Mewburn, Scott Reynolds, and Christos Zoulas. The following Directors voted against adopting these resolution: none. The following Directors abstained from voting or were not present: none. These resolutions were amended by the NetBSD Foundation Board of Directors during a meeting of the Board on March 11, 2003, to change the e-mail address used for correspondence.