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+# beam-http
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+## mission statement
+
+bringing together individuals with an interest in a healthy http ecosystem
+on the beam vm so they can collaborate, coordinate and cooperate
+
+## short term goals
+
+* identify gaps and weaknesses in the current http ecosystem and locate
+  potential contributors able and willing to help
+* increase redundancy both in contributors and code so that if any given
+  project or individual goes inactive there is an obvious path forward for the
+  community
+* increase visibility of ongoing development efforts to reduce duplication of
+  effort and to encourage outside contributions
+* discuss *potential* interop standards (in a very informal manner, the world
+  does not need another spec)
+
+## long term goals
+
+* a healthy ecosystem that no longer needs beam-http
+
+## what's expected of members
+
+nothing. it'd be nice if you subscribed to the meta repo and occaisonally
+browsed issues or pull requests, but all that's required is that members want
+to work together to help move things forward
+
+## what we're not
+
+an effort to produce one ultimate http client/server/library. a healthy
+ecosystem will have multiple clients, multiple servers and multiple libraries