diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e971896..cfe24806 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@
   <artifactId>spring-gemfire</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.0.M1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Spring GemFire Project</name>
+
+  <description>Spring GemFire Integration for Java</description>
+  <issueManagement>
+  	<system>Issue Tracker</system>
+  	<url>http://jira.springframework.org/browse/SGF</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <scm>
+  	<url>http://git.springsource.org/spring-gemfire</url>
+  </scm>
+  <organization>
+  	<name>SpringSource, a division of VMware</name>
+  	<url>www.SpringSource.org</url>
+  </organization>
   
   <properties>
     <spring.version>3.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
@@ -34,7 +47,7 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
       <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
@@ -65,18 +78,6 @@
     
   </dependencies>
   
-  <description>Spring GemFire Integration for Java</description>
-  <issueManagement>
-  	<system>Issue Tracker</system>
-  	<url>http://jira.springframework.org/browse/SGF</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <scm>
-  	<url>http://git.springsource.org/spring-gemfire</url>
-  </scm>
-  <organization>
-  	<name>SpringSource, a division of VMware</name>
-  	<url>www.SpringSource.org</url>
-  </organization>
   <build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/pom.xml b/samples/hello-world/pom.xml
index 8947af5c..89924122 100644
--- a/samples/hello-world/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/hello-world/pom.xml
@@ -1,97 +1,24 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<artifactId>samples</artifactId>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples</groupId>
+		<version>1.0.0.M1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>hello-world</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.0.M1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Spring GemFire - Hello World Sample</name>
   
   <description>A simple Hello World example illustrating the basic steps in configuring GemFire with Spring</description>
-  <issueManagement>
-  	<system>Issue Tracker</system>
-  	<url>http://jira.springframework.org/browse/SGF</url>
-  </issueManagement>
-  <scm>
-  	<url>http://git.springsource.org/spring-gemfire</url>
-  </scm>
-  <organization>
-  	<name>SpringSource, a division of VMware</name>
-  	<url>www.SpringSource.org</url>
-  </organization>
-
-  <properties>
-    <spring.version>3.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
-    <junit.version>4.7</junit.version>
-  </properties>
-  
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
-      <version>1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-	<dependency>
-	  <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-	  <artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
-	  <version>1.0</version>
-	  <scope>test</scope>
-	</dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-      <version>${spring.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-gemfire</artifactId>
-      <version>${version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <!-- gemfire dependency -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.gemstone.gemfire</groupId>
-      <artifactId>gemfire</artifactId>
-      <version>6.0.1.A</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    
-  </dependencies>
 
   <build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.5</source>
-					<target>1.5</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-		        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 		        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
 		        <version>2.1</version>
 		        <configuration>
@@ -101,7 +28,7 @@
 		            </manifestEntries>
 		          </archive>
 		        </configuration>
-	      	</plugin>
+	    </plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -113,11 +40,4 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
    
-  <repositories>
-     <repository>
-     	<id>gemfire-release-repo</id>
-     	<name>GemFire Release Repository</name>
-      <url>http://dist.gemstone.com/maven/release/</url>
-     </repository>
-  </repositories>	
 </project>
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diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64eba646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples</groupId>
+  <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0.M1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Spring GemFire Samples</name>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <url>http://www.springframework.org/spring-gemfire</url>
+
+  <issueManagement>
+  	<system>Issue Tracker</system>
+  	<url>http://jira.springframework.org/browse/SGF</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <scm>
+  	<url>http://git.springsource.org/spring-gemfire</url>
+  </scm>
+  <organization>
+  	<name>SpringSource, a division of VMware</name>
+  	<url>www.SpringSource.org</url>
+  </organization>
+
+  <properties>
+    <spring.version>3.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <junit.version>4.7</junit.version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>hello-world</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.data.gemfire</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-gemfire</artifactId>
+      <version>${version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+      <version>1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    
+  </dependencies>
+  
+  <build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.5</source>
+					<target>1.5</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+  
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+       <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+             <stylesheetfile>${basedir}/../../docs/src/javadoc/javadoc.css</stylesheetfile>
+          </configuration>
+       </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+
+  <repositories>
+     <repository>
+     	<id>gemfire-release-repo</id>
+     	<name>GemFire Release Repository</name>
+      <url>http://dist.gemstone.com/maven/release/</url>
+     </repository>
+  </repositories>	
+
+</project>
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