Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:47:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r50609 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201707310247.v6V2lHcj085054@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Mon Jul 31 02:47:17 2017 New Revision: 50609 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50609 Log: Add 2017Q2 Foundation entry from deb Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Sat Jul 29 23:31:11 2017 (r50608) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-04-2017-06.xml Mon Jul 31 02:47:17 2017 (r50609) @@ -2165,4 +2165,333 @@ is needed throughout the rest of the &os; tree.</p> </body> </project> + + <project cat='team'> + <title>The FreeBSD Foundation</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Deb</given> + <common>Goodkin</common> + </name> + <email>deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org/">FreeBSD Foundation Website</url> + <url href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/&os;-Foundation-Q2-2017-Update.pdf">Quarterly Newsletter</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>Last quarter the Foundation was busy supporting the &os; + Project in so many ways! We brought on two interns from the + University of Waterloo who were extremely productive, from + working on a continuous integration project, to adding MSDOS + FAT filesystem support to <tt>makefs</tt>. We continued + helping to accelerate OS changes with our internal staff of + software developers, as well as funding outside software + development projects, and continued promoting &os; by + participating in technology conferences around the world. To + encourage more commercial users to donate to the Foundation, + we launched a new partnership program. The &os; 11.1 + release effort has been led by a full-time Foundation + employee, to continue keeping releases timely and reliable. + Finally, we led the effort to celebrate the newly declared + &os; Day, to help raise awareness of &os; around the + world!</p> + + <p>Below, you can read some of the highlights from our Q2 + newsletter and find writeups throughout this status report + from Foundation staff members including Ed Maste, Kostik + Belousov, and Glen Barber. Don't forget, we are 100% + funded by donations. Please take a moment to <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/donate/">donate + now</a>, so we can continue supporting the &os; Project and + community worldwide!</p> + + <p>Q2 Development Projects Summary</p> + + <p>The hard work continues into the 2nd quarter on 2017. + Please take a look at the highlights from our more recent + Development Projects summaries.</p> + + <p>April: &os; USB Mass Storage Target Project Update</p> + + <p>The Foundation awarded a project grant to Edward Tomasz + Napierała to develop a USB mass storage target driver, using + the &os; CAM Target Layer (CTL) as a backend. This project + allows &os; on an embedded platform, such as a BeagleBone + Black or Raspberry Pi Zero, to emulate a USB mass storage + target, commonly known as a USB flash stick. Read more at + <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/april-2017-development-projects-update/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/april-2017-development-projects-update/</a>.</p>; + + <p>May: Foundation Brings on Co-Op Students</p> + + <p>At the beginning of May we embarked on a new path in the + &os; Foundation, with the hiring of co-operative education + (co-op) students from the University of Waterloo. The + University of Waterloo is a pioneer and leader in + co-operative education, with 100% of Engineering students + and a majority of Computer Science students participating in + co-op programs. Read more at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/may-2017-development-projects-update/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/may-2017-development-projects-update/</a>.</p>; + + <p>June: FreeBSD Foundation 2017 Project Proposal + Solicitation (contributed by Ed Maste)</p> + + <p>One of the ways the Foundation supports &os; is by + providing development grants for work on individual + projects. These allow developers to propose projects they + would like to undertake to improve &os;, and request funding + to perform that work. The Foundation is always willing to + receive proposals, but will occasionally issue a call for + proposals to highlight specific areas of focus and to be + able to collect and evaluate a group of proposals.</p> + + <p>The proposal submission deadline was July 14, 2017, but as + mentioned above, people are welcome to submit proposals at + anytime.</p> + + <p>Although proposals may address any &os; subsystem or + infrastructure, we are particularly interested in receiving + proposals related to:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Improvements to the security of &os; itself, or of + applications running on &os;.</li> + + <li>New test cases, improved test infrastructure, and + quality assurance.</li> + + <li>Improved software development tools.</li> + + <li>Projects to improve community collaboration and + communication.</li> + + <li>Improving the &os; "out of the box" experience + for new users on various hardware platforms.</li> + + <li>Establishing &os; as a leader in advancing projects of + shared interest (such as ZFS, LLVM, or + <tt>libarchive</tt>).</li> + </ul> + + <p>More details can be found at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/FreeBSD-foundation-2017-project-proposal-solicitation/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/FreeBSD-foundation-2017-project-proposal-solicitation/</a>. + The full project proposal submission guidelines can be found + at <a + href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FreeBSDFoundation/d364934d4d/TEST/1b229d9af7">http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FreeBSDFoundation/d364934d4d/TEST/1b229d9af7</a>.</p>; + + <p>Please do not hesitate to contact + proposals@FreeBSDfoundation.org with any questions.</p> + + <p>Announcing New Partnership Program (contributed by Deb + Goodkin)</p> + + <p>I'm excited to announce our new FreeBSD Foundation + Partnership Program! Our work is 100% supported by + donations from individuals and organizations. With a + spending budget of $1,500,000, we rely on large donations + from our commercial users to help us sustain and increase + our support. Recognizing the value of these donations, and + putting together a sustainable funding model, we wanted to + institute benefits that highlighted this support, and + recognize these donors in productive ways. Partnerships are + an avenue to assist commercial users by helping them get on + board more quickly with &os;, share their needs with the + community, and facilitate collaboration with &os; + developers. We believe that building these relationships + with commercial users will contribute to keeping &os; + relevant and help provide a sustainable and healthy + ecosystem.</p> + + <p>You can check out our updated donor pages to see how we are + acknowledging our Partners at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/donors/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/donors/</a>. + You can also find out more about this new program at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/FreeBSD-foundation-partnership-program/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/FreeBSD-foundation-partnership-program/</a>.</p>; + + <p>When I was in China last week, I had a chance to talk to a + few companies about our new partnership program, and it + definitely generated more interest in supporting our + efforts.</p> + + <p>We are continuing to reach out to commercial users for help + that will enable us to provide more outreach and support for + &os;. This includes funding more projects to improve &os;, + providing &os; education and training, and recruiting more + contributors to the Project. We can only provide the above + support with your donations, and we need your help to + connect us with your companies. Please consider sharing our + new Partnership Program with your organization and helping + to connect us with the appropriate contacts at your + company.</p> + + <p>Your donations will help us:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Accelerate improvements and add new features to + &os;</li> + + <li>Support release engineering efforts full-time</li> + + <li>Create and provide &os; educational and training + material</li> + + <li>Provide face-to-face opportunities for developers to + work together</li> + + <li>Improve and support &os; infrastructure</li> + </ul> + + <p>We need your support to continue improving &os;. You can + help by donating today and sharing our new Partnership + Program with your company.</p> + + <p>Q2 2017 Conference Recaps</p> + + <p>From sponsoring events to attending conferences, the + Foundation continued its mission of advocacy in the second + quarter of 2017. Over the past few weeks, members of the + Foundation team represented the Project and the Foundation + at events around the world. Below are just a few of the + conference recaps.</p> + + <p>FOSSASIA 2017 (contributed by Philip Paeps)</p> + + <p>The Foundation kindly funded part of my travel from Tokyo to + Singapore to attend FOSSASIA. I gave the "&os; is not + a Linux Distribution" presentation that Foundation + board member George Neville-Neil wrote for Open Source China + in December. My presentation was well-attended, and I got a + lot of good questions from the primarily Linux-oriented + audience. Read more at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/fossasia-2017-trip-report-philip-paeps/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/fossasia-2017-trip-report-philip-paeps/</a>.</p>; + + <p>OSCON 2017 (contributed by Ed Maste)</p> + + <p>I represented the FreeBSD Foundation at OSCON 2017, which took place + May 8-11, 2017, in Austin, TX. <a + href="https://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/oscon-tx">https://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/oscon-tx</a>.</p>; + + <p>The Foundation booth was also staffed by &os; committer + Brad Davis and Doug Mcintire from Netgate. We met up + Wednesday morning to set up the table. We were part of a + "nonprofit pavilion" which consisted of eight or + so tables, located between Open Camps and Operation + Code.</p> + + <p>To help attract booth traffic, I brought a Raspberry Pi 3, + with a small LCD display attached. As a demo, the Raspberry + Pi showed a video of a Gource rendering of changes to the + &os; source tree over time (see example at <a + href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ8Sspua0Ks">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ8Sspua0Ks</a>). + Read more at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/conference-recap-oscon-2017/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/conference-recap-oscon-2017/</a>.</p>; + + <p>RootConf 2017 (contributed by Philip Paeps)</p> + + <p>In mid-May I presented at Rootconf 2017 in Bangalore. + Rootconf is India's principal conference where systems and + operations engineers share real world knowledge about + building reliable systems. <a + href="https://rootconf.in/2017/">https://rootconf.in/2017/</a>.</p>; + + <p>As always, it was interesting to hear the difficulties + people face trying to run reliable systems on less reliable + platforms. While many of the presentations were very + Linux-specific and not very exciting to me, a couple of + talks did catch my eye.</p> + + <p>I particularly enjoyed the talk by Aruna Sankaranarayanan + (<a + href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJ7YhVoSWI&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJ7YhVoSWI&feature=youtu.be</a>) + explaining how Mapbox takes advantage of Amazon's "spot + pricing" mechanism by spawning and shutting down + machines at different price points to optimize for cost + without compromising availability. Their spotswap <a + href="https://github.com/mapbox/spotswap/">https://github.com/mapbox/spotswap/</a>; + software has been released under a BSD license. It sounds + like it should be possible to port this to &os; with minimal + effort. Read more at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/rootconf-2017-trip-report-philip-paeps/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/rootconf-2017-trip-report-philip-paeps/</a>.</p>; + + <p>BSDCan 2017/&os; Developers Summit (contributed by Deb + Goodkin)</p> + + <p>One of our initiatives is to assist in providing + face-to-face knowledge sharing and development opportunities + around the world. One way we do this is by sponsoring + BSD-related conferences and &os; Developer and Vendor + Summits. We recently sponsored both BSDCan 2017 and the + &os; Developer and Vendor Summit in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, + which took place June 7-10, 2017. Many of our board and + staff members attended the summit and conference to run + tutorials, give presentations, lead sessions, work with + developers, give demos, and share knowledge.</p> + + <p>In addition, this year we were pleased to bring our new + University of Waterloo interns to the conference where they + had the opportunity to demonstrate some of their projects at + the Foundation table. Read more at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/conference-recap-bsdcan-2017FreeBSD-developers-summit/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/conference-recap-bsdcan-2017FreeBSD-developers-summit/</a>.</p>; + + <p>Open Travel Grant Applications</p> + + <p>The Foundation recognizes the importance of bringing + members of the &os; community face-to-face to both further + development of the Project and spread the word about &os;. + Travel grants are available to community members who need + assistance with travel expenses for attending conferences + related to &os; development and advocacy. Please note: the + travel grant policy has been recently updated. Please + carefully review before submitting your application.</p> + + <p>More information about travel grants is available at: <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/what-we-do/grants/travel-grants/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/what-we-do/grants/travel-grants/</a>.</p>; + + <p>&os; Day was June 19! (contributed by Anne Dickison)</p> + + <p>June 19th was declared &os; Day! Thank you to everyone who + joined us in honoring the &os; Project's pioneering legacy + and continuing impact on technology. Find out more about + &os; Day and how we celebrated here at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/happy-FreeBSD-day/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/blog/happy-FreeBSD-day/</a>.</p>; + + <p>Upcoming Events</p> + + <p>Find out about upcoming Foundation events at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/news-and-events/upcoming-events/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/news-and-events/upcoming-events/</a>.</p>; + + <p>&os; Journal</p> + + <p>The May/June 2017 Issue of the &os; Journal is now + available. Don't miss articles on &os;'s Firewall Feast, + CADETS: Blending Tracing and Security on &os;, Toward + Oblivious Sandboxing with Capsicum, and more. (<a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/past-issues/security/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/past-issues/security/</a>)</p>; + + <p>Did you miss the March/April issue? Check out articles on + CFEngine, Puppet on &os;, Vagrant, and more! (<a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/past-issues/configuration-management/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/past-issues/configuration-management/</a>) + As a recent addition of functionality, browser-based + subscribers now have the ability to download and share PDFs + of the articles!</p> + + <p>Sample Issue! If you've ever wanted to read through an + entire issue of the &os; Journal, now's your chance. + Download the sample issue from <a + href="https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=296880#{"issue_id":296880,"numpages":1,"page":1}">https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=296880#{"issue_id":296880,"numpages":1,"page":1}</a>; + and be sure to share with your friends and colleagues. Not + a subscriber? Sign up today at <a + href="https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/journal/">https://www.FreeBSDfoundation.org/journal/</a>.</p>; + + <p>More information about the Foundation's doings and + goings-on can be found in our own quarterly newsletter, linked + above.</p> + </body> + </project> </report>
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