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| From: | "David Abbott (dabbott)" <dabbott@g.o> |
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| To: | gentoo-commits@l.g.o |
| Subject: | [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/foundation/en/secretary: 2010_SecretarysReport.xml |
| Date: | Fri, 07 May 2010 21:51:20 |
| Message-Id: | 20100507215113.44DCE2C3FC@corvid.gentoo.org |
| 1 | dabbott 10/05/07 21:51:13 |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Added: 2010_SecretarysReport.xml |
| 4 | Log: |
| 5 | 2010 Secretarys Report |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Revision Changes Path |
| 8 | 1.1 xml/htdocs/foundation/en/secretary/2010_SecretarysReport.xml |
| 9 | |
| 10 | file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/foundation/en/secretary/2010_SecretarysReport.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
| 11 | plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/foundation/en/secretary/2010_SecretarysReport.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Index: 2010_SecretarysReport.xml |
| 14 | =================================================================== |
| 15 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
| 16 | |
| 17 | <!DOCTYPE news SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
| 18 | |
| 19 | <news gentoo="yes" category="gentoo"> |
| 20 | |
| 21 | <!-- Enter your name here --> |
| 22 | <poster>quantumsummers</poster> |
| 23 | |
| 24 | <!-- Date to be displayed - usually the GWN release date --> |
| 25 | <date>2010-05-07</date> |
| 26 | |
| 27 | <!-- Title of the news item - don't forget to change the date --> |
| 28 | <title>2010 Gentoo Foundation Inc. Secretary's Report</title> |
| 29 | <body> |
| 30 | |
| 31 | <!-- Alter to your own likings --> |
| 32 | <p> |
| 33 | <b>Community Milestones</b> |
| 34 | </p> |
| 35 | |
| 36 | <p> |
| 37 | Gentoo celebrated 10 Years of compiling with a new livedvd release and |
| 38 | screenshot competition. The so-called Gentoo-Ten project continues to release |
| 39 | regular updates to the live disks. Original artwork for the release was |
| 40 | contributed by Ben Stedman. |
| 41 | </p> |
| 42 | |
| 43 | <p> |
| 44 | <b>501(c)(3) and SFLC</b> |
| 45 | </p> |
| 46 | |
| 47 | <p> |
| 48 | Towards the goal of tax-exempt status with IRS as a non-profit corporation and |
| 49 | as well as the goal of maintaining general legal council for the Foundation and |
| 50 | its members the board has engaged, pro bono, the Software Freedom Law Center. |
| 51 | </p> |
| 52 | |
| 53 | <p> |
| 54 | <b>Infra Purchases</b> |
| 55 | </p> |
| 56 | |
| 57 | <p> |
| 58 | Recently, one of Gentoo's long time sponsors underwent significant corporate |
| 59 | restructuring that necessitated the migration of several key infrastructure |
| 60 | services. To accomplish this the Foundation purchased 6 Atom-based server |
| 61 | systems. These systems are hosted at the Oregon State University Open Source |
| 62 | Lab. Thanks to the OSL for supporting Gentoo! |
| 63 | </p> |
| 64 | |
| 65 | <p> |
| 66 | <b>Foundation Web Space</b> |
| 67 | </p> |
| 68 | |
| 69 | <p> |
| 70 | In the endeavour to communicate better with developers, our members,and the user |
| 71 | community, we have added to the Foundation web space on gentoo.org the following |
| 72 | pages: |
| 73 | </p> |
| 74 | |
| 75 | <p><uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/motions/index.xml">Foundation |
| 76 | Meeting Motions</uri></p> |
| 77 | <p><uri |
| 78 | link="http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/minutes/2010/index.xml">Foundation |
| 79 | 2010 Meeting Agenda and Logs</uri></p> |
| 80 | <p><uri |
| 81 | link="http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/minutes09/index.xml">Foundation |
| 82 | 2009 Meeting Agenda and Logs</uri></p> |
| 83 | |
| 84 | <p> |
| 85 | <b>Elections and Membership</b> |
| 86 | </p> |
| 87 | |
| 88 | <p> |
| 89 | As of the recording date established for the Trustee Election 31 January 2010 we have 217 Members. |
| 90 | </p> |
| 91 | |
| 92 | <p> |
| 93 | <b>Gentoo Foundation Trustees 2010-01</b> |
| 94 | </p> |
| 95 | |
| 96 | <p> |
| 97 | Previous Trustees re-elected, running unopposed in the Gentoo Foundation Trustees 2010 election. |
| 98 | </p> |
| 99 | |
| 100 | <p> |
| 101 | <b>Gentoo Foundation Referendum 2009-01</b> |
| 102 | </p> |
| 103 | |
| 104 | <p> |
| 105 | This election was held to determine whether or not the Foundation should accept financial contributions from organizations that use Gentoo. |
| 106 | </p> |
| 107 | |
| 108 | <p> |
| 109 | 53 votes cast yielding a turnout of 25%. |
| 110 | </p> |
| 111 | |
| 112 | <ul> |
| 113 | <li>46 yes</li> |
| 114 | <li>6 no</li> |
| 115 | <li>1 present</li> |
| 116 | </ul> |
| 117 | |
| 118 | </body> |
| 119 | </news> |