From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 19:14:41 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D330DF98; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE8E8D63; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t0EJEfSN058412; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:14:41 GMT (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from emaste@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t0EJEfhe058411; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:14:41 GMT (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201501141914.t0EJEfhe058411@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: emaste set sender to emaste@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Ed Maste Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:14:41 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46201 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:14:42 -0000 Author: emaste (src committer) Date: Wed Jan 14 19:14:40 2015 New Revision: 46201 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46201 Log: Add FreeBSD Foundation quarterly status entry Approved by: bjk Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1522 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Wed Jan 14 18:02:37 2015 (r46200) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-10-2014-12.xml Wed Jan 14 19:14:40 2015 (r46201) @@ -2452,4 +2452,156 @@ + + + The &os; Foundation + + + + + Deb + Goodkin + + deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org + + + + + + &os; Journal + + + +

The &os; Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization + dedicated to supporting and promoting the &os; Project + and community worldwide. Most of the funding is used to + support &os; development projects, conferences, and developer + summits, purchase equipment to grow and improve the &os; + infrastructure, and provide legal support for the Project.

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We ended the year exceeding our fundraising goal, by raising + over $2,372,132, from 1670 donors! Thank you to everyone who + made a donation in 2014.

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We produced issues five and six of the &os; Journal, + ending the year with over 6300 subscribers, exceeding our + first-year goal of 5000 subscribers. We also added the + desktop/digital edition, so people can read the magazine from + their browsers. We also hosted a meeting with the Journal + Editorial Board and worked out the editorial calendar for the + next two years. This includes topics and articles for the + future issues.

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We were a gold sponsor of EuroBSDCon 2014, and a sponsor of + the preceding Developer Summit. A few of our team members + attended, which allowed us to have an informal face-to-face + board meeting, with a focus on supporting the European region. + Kirk McKusick gave a two-day &os; tutorial and Erwin + Lansing helped run the Developer Summit. We sponsored 5 + &os; contributors to attend the conference.

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We were a sponsor of the + Grace Hopper + Conference. + Dru Lavigne gave an introduction to &os; presentation, that + was well attended. We also sponsored Shteryana Shopova to + represent &os;, along with Dru, at our booth.

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We were a sponsor of + MeetBSD. + Most of our team members attended this conference. + Kirk McKusick gave a talk on BSD history. + We also had a booth, and raised over $2,200 in donations. + We sponsored one person to attend this conference.

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George organized and ran the two-day Silicon Valley Vendor + and Developer Summit following MeetBSD. + A lot of work gets started and accomplished at these summits, + for example, Kirk worked with various folks to get the ino64 + (64-bit inode numbers) project moving. + It started in 2011 as a Summer of Code project and has + sputtered since getting pushed into the system.

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Besides the above conferences, we helped promote &os; at + the following conferences: + +

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We visited a few large &os; users in the Bay Area to + discuss their use of &os;, plans, and needs, and help + facilitate collaboration between them and the Project.

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Cheryl Blain joined our board, bringing a strong background + in business development and fundraising.

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We received the largest donation in our history, and our + treasurer put together an endowment strategy for us to + follow.

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We increased our &os; marketing efforts to help promote + and advocate for &os;, as well as educate people on + &os;. Some our &os; marketing highlights include: +

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  • Created the &os; 10 brochure
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  • Created the Get Involved brochure for recruiting
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  • Created a testimonial flyer to encourage more companies + to write &os; testimonials for us.
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+ These flyers are available on the + &os; + Foundation site + for &os; advocates to promote &os; at conferences around + the world. + We also put ads for the Foundation and &os; in the &os; + Journal and USENIX ;login: magazine.

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We are producing a monthly newsletter to highlight what we + did the previous month to support the &os; Project. + We also produced our + December + semi-annual newsletter.

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We redesigned and launched phase 1 of our website. + It should be easier to navigate and find the information you + need to get help from or to help the Foundation.

+ +

Glen Barber visited the Microsoft main campus and worked with + Microsoft Hyper-V developers to resolve outstanding issues + with providing &os; images for the Microsoft Azure + platform.

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Glen also visited the NYI colocation facility to install and + configure new servers purchased by the Foundation.

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We finished the 10.1-RELEASE cycle.

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Our project development staff and contractors have been + working on various projects to add features to and improve + &os;. Some of their reports are included in this overall + report. Some projects that were worked on this quarter were + adding support for 64-bit ARM architecture to &os;, + integration work on the vt(4) updated console and UEFI boot + support, Secure Boot, refining in-kernel iSCSI target and + initiator stack, autofs-based automount daemon, migrating to + the ELF Tool Chain, and implementing modern AES modes in + &os;'s cryptographic framework.

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To read more about how we helped support the &os; Project + and community, read our + semi-annual + newsletter.

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