svn commit: r42879 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Mon Oct 7 20:18:50 UTC 2013

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 at 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 at 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>
