Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 20:18:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42879 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201310072018.r97KIoR3036781@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Mon Oct 7 20:18:50 2013 New Revision: 42879 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42879 Log: - Add Q3 report for the FreeBSD Foundation Submitted by: Deb Goodkin <deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Mon Oct 7 20:13:43 2013 (r42878) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Mon Oct 7 20:18:50 2013 (r42879) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <!-- XXX: keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 21 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 22 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <!-- XXX: set date for the next set of submissions --> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between October and @@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ <description>Google Summer of Code</description> </category> + <category> + <name>misc</name> + + <description>Miscellaneous</description> + </category> + <project cat='kern'> <title>AES-NI Improvements for GELI</title> @@ -1078,4 +1084,102 @@ <task>Investigate and fix test suite failures.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='misc'> + <title>The &os; Foundation</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Deb</given> + <common>Goodkin</common> + </name> + <email>deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="http://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org/"/>; + </links> + + <body> + <p>The &os; Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization + dedicated to supporting and promoting the &os; Project and + community worldwide. Most of our 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.</p> + + <p>We listened to our donors who asked us to have more fundraising + efforts throughout the year. This quarter we had the second of + three fundraising campaigns planned for 2013. We started the + quarter having raised $365,291. By the end of the quarter, we + raised $410,000 for the year. These early donations have made a + significant impact on our fundraising efforts this year.</p> + + <p>Some of the highlights from this past quarter include:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Projects completed last quarter: + + <ul> + <li>ARM Superpages</li> + <li>Documentation project infrastructure enhancements</li> + </ul></li> + + <li>Projects in progress: + + <ul> + <li>Native iSCSI kernel stack</li> + <li>Newcons console driver</li> + </ul></li> + + <li>Projects that started last quarter: + + <ul> + <li>Capsicum Integration</li> + <li>Network Stack Layer 2 Modernization</li> + </ul></li> + + <li>Platinum Sponsor for EuroBSDCon, had six Foundation + representatives attend the conference and the Developer Summit, + sponsored 7 developers to attend the conference, and sponsored + the Developer Summit.</li> + + <li>Sponsored the Cambridge Developer Summit, and sponsored 2 + developers to attend this event.</li> + + <li>Attended Indianapolis LInuxFest July 27, FOSSCON in + Philadelphia August 10, Ohio LinuxFest in Columbus September 14, + and LinuxCo in New Orleans September 16-17, to promote + &os;.</li> + + <li>Met with the &os; Core Team to discuss their goals and to + discuss areas that we can help.</li> + + <li>Met with the Documentation Team to talk about helping them + update their website as well as what other areas we can help + them with.</li> + + <li>Recognized Dag-Erling Smørgrav at EuroBSDCon for his + contributions to &os;.</li> + + <li>Became a sponsor of vBSDCon, a new conference in Washington, + DC.</li> + + <li>Hired Glen Barber as a full-time employee to do system + administration work and to help with release engineering.</li> + + <li>Hired Cinthy Tanko as a part-time administrative assistant + to help with day-to-day Foundation activities.</li> + + <li>Purchased hardware to be placed in our NYI colo to support + the building and distribution of new style packages in advance + of &os; 10.</li> + + <li>Provided teleconferencing services to the Core Team to + support their monthly conferences.</li> + </ul> + </body> + </project> </report>
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