From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 30 20:48:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61ADC10656A4 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:48:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com (aslan.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 111A88FC1A for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:48:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.16.103] (c-71-196-155-13.hsd1.co.comcast.net [71.196.155.13]) (authenticated bits=0) by aslan.scsiguy.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBUKmKxs037804 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:48:21 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from deb@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4B3BBC5A.206@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:47:22 -0700 From: Deb Goodkin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:00:32 +0000 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] Foundation End-of-Year Fund Raising Drive Final Plea! X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:48:22 -0000 Dear FreeBSD Community, We want to extend a very sincere thank you to everyone who has made a donation this year. Right now in Boulder, Colorado at around 1:30 PM, December 30, we have logged $254,000 in donations from 833 donors! We are so grateful for all the support. But, we wanted to make one last plea for donations this year. Our goal is $300,000. Please consider making a donation if you haven't already made one. Or, better yet, talk to your employer. Though we know most of you won't be working tomorrow. Why make a donation? Right now we're putting together our 2010 budget. Our goal for next year is to double our project development spending, continue sponsoring BSD-related conferences, sponsor more developers to travel to these conferences, and spend more on needed equipment for the project. Here is a list of what we did spend the money on in 2009: • Sponsored FreeBSD related conferences like BSDCan, EuroBSDCon, AsiaBSDCon, KyivBSD, and DCBSDCon. • Provided 15 travel grants and funding to individuals to attend these and other conferences this year. • Provided grants for projects that improve FreeBSD, like wireless mesh support, FreeBSD TCP stack improvements, new console driver, safe removal of disk devices, flattened device tree, and high available storage projects. • Provided equipment for developers working to improve FreeBSD and projects like the NetPerf cluster. We purchased servers, USB analyzers, power controllers, and parts for computer repairs for the Project. We also paid for shipping of equipment to various projects. • Provided legal support for the project on issues like understanding the GPLv3 impact on FreeBSD, providing a privacy policy, trademark ownership and permission, and other legal issues that come up. To make a donation, please go to: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/. And thank you for your continued support of the FreeBSD Foundation. Thank You, The FreeBSD Foundation