The FreeBSD Foundation

From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Thu Oct 15 17:45:35 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647CBA151A9; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:45:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::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 23B091E95; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:45:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id t9FHjYrI077691; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:45:34 GMT (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from emaste@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id t9FHjY76077690; Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:45:34 GMT (envelope-from emaste@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201510151745.t9FHjY76077690@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: emaste set sender to emaste@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Ed Maste Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:45:34 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47565 - 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-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:45:35 -0000 Author: emaste (src committer) Date: Thu Oct 15 17:45:34 2015 New Revision: 47565 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47565 Log: Add FreeBSD Foundation report (draft) from Deb Approved by: bjk Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Thu Oct 15 04:39:23 2015 (r47564) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Thu Oct 15 17:45:34 2015 (r47565) @@ -654,4 +654,200 @@ + + The FreeBSD Foundation + + + + + Deb + Goodkin + + deb@FreeBSDFoundation.org + + + + + Foundation + website + &os; Journal + + + +

The FreeBSD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization + dedicated to supporting and promoting the &os; Project and + community worldwide. + Funding comes from individual and corporate donations and is + used to fund and manage development projects, conferences and + developer summits, and provide travel grants to &os; + developers. The Foundation purchases hardware to improve and + maintain &os; infrastructure and publishes &os; white papers + and marketing material to promote, educate, and advocate for + the &os; Project. + The Foundation also represents the &os; Project in executing + contracts, license agreements, and other legal arrangements + that require a recognized legal entity.

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Here are some highlights of what we did to help &os; last + quarter:

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Anne Dickison and Deb Goodkin attended OSCON to promote + &os;.

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Robert Watson organized and ran the Cambridge &os; + Developer Summit 2015 ("BSDCam"). + We provided travel grants to two &os; developers to attend + the summit. + Three Foundation board/staff members attended too.

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George Neville-Neil attended the ARM Partner Meeting where + he met with 15 silicon and systems vendors to present the + unique traits and qualities of &os; and work on setting up + partnerships with the companies building and deploying + ARM hardware.

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George and Robert Watson collaborated in Cambridge on + developing further &os;-based teaching material at + undergraduate and masters levels. + Part of this project was funded by the Foundation.

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George planned and ran the DevSummit at vBSDCon 2015.

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We were proud to be a sponsor of + vBSDCon + 2015, Sept 11-13 in Washington DC. + George Neville-Neil and Ed Maste presented "Supporting a + BSD Project" at the conference. + Dru Lavigne, Glen Barber, George Neville-Neil, and Ed Maste + attended and represented the Foundation at both vBSDCon and + the &os; Developer Summit that preceded it. + We had many people stop by our table to make a donation, + and it was another great opportunity to talk and work with + people face-to-face.

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Cheryl Blain and John Baldwin promoted the Foundation and + &os; at the SNIA 2015 Storage Developer Conference, in + Santa Clara, California, Sept 21-24. + The Foundation was also a sponsor.

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We sponsored Andy Turner to attend Linaro Connect in + San Francisco, Sept 21-25.

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Ed Maste, our project development director, attended the + X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC) in Toronto, Ontario.

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We sponsored the 2015 nginx Conference and sent &os; + community member John Baldwin.

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George Neville-Neil continued planning the + 2015 + Silicon Valley Vendor Summit, including securing + the venue.

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Benedict Reuschling and Erwin Lansing helped plan and + organize the EuroBSDCon &os; Developer Summit. + This included setting up the working groups, securing the + venue, and getting the T-shirts made.

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Benedict helped organize, and he and Dru Lavigne participated + in, the + &os; + Hackathon in the Linuxhotel in Essen, Germany. + It was a successful weekend of fixing bugs and collaborating + with others.

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Dru Lavigne taught a &os; class in Berlin, Germany + July 29-31.

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We were a sponsor of + womENcourage + 2015, in Uppsala Sweden, Sept 24-26. + Dru was the moderator for a panel on + Open Source + as a Career Path. + All the panelists were &os; contributors including + Dan Langille, Allan Jude, Benedict Reuschling, + and Deb Goodkin. + We also had a table at the job fair and talked to a lot of + students and professors about the benefits of working on &os; + as an alternative to an internship, teaching about &os; in + university classes, and hosting &os; events at their schools. + Dan taught a workshop on How to Contribute to an Open Source + project. + Deb participated in this workshop and started a discussion on + offering a similar workshop at BSD and non-BSD conferences. + The workshop would be titled "How to Contribute to &os;", + and participants would learn how to contribute documentation + to the Project.

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We continued to publish our monthly newsletters keeping the + community informed on what we are doing including event + recaps, testimonials, project updates, and upcoming events. + We received testimonials from Microsoft, NYCBus, and + ScaleEngine. + We also continued to approach companies to provide us with + testimonials to help promote their use of &os;.

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Anne Dickison rebooted the Faces of &os; series and is + working with &os; contributors on writing their stories. + She continued to produce more &os; Swag and literature to + promote &os;, as well as advocating for &os; over our social + channels and with new partnerships.

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We reached our 2015 goal of 10,000 &os; Journal subscribers, + and we published a new Open Journal article on our website, + to help promote the Journal. + We also started offering a new subscription bundle, where you + can buy all the 2014 issues. + The July/August issue what published.

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Justin Gibbs began a semester long &os; class at a middle + school in Boulder, Colorado. + We are using the BeagleBone Black (BBB) to run &os; connected + to Macs and PCs. + We’ve received a lot of support, both internally, and from + the Project, to get the &os; images to work on the BBB with + the Macs and PCs. + It’s been a great collaborative effort with community + members, and this will help future classes in being able + to support inexpensive platforms for teaching &os;.

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Work continued on creating &os; curriculum for a half day + workshop. + Hopefully this will be available in late Spring.

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We provided legal support for the Project including granting + trademark permission for some users and companies who + requested permission to put the &os; logo on their websites + and marketing literature.

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We met with commercial users to get their input on what + they’d like to see supported in &os;. + We also do this to help connect &os; developers with + commercial users to help facilitate collaboration.

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&os; Foundation employee and Release Engineer, Glen Barber, + was extremely busy during this quarter, working on a number + of exciting areas of the &os; Project. + Some of the highlights include: +

Code cleanup and bug fixes to several parts of the + release build code, and finished adding support for + automatically uploading cloud provider images, which was + merged to the stable/10 branch before the code freeze. + The 10.2-RELEASE cycle spanned a 9-week timeframe overall, + from the start of the code slush.
With the &os; Release Engineering Team, released two + BETA builds and three RC builds for the 10.2-RELEASE + cycle, with the final release announced mid-August, + two weeks ahead of the original schedule.
With the &os; Cluster Administrators Team, assisted with + a number of general updates and enhancements to the &os; + infrastructure.

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