FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Frank J. Laszlo
According to http://www.freebsdfoundation.org the goal of $32,000 has been reached (and passed) at 123% !! Great job for all those who contributed, and all those who thought about contributed, but were unable to. Please remember that just because the quota for this year has been met, doesnt

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Nikolas Britton
See what just a little bit of marketing and PR can do, It took 5 days to get to 80%, after it was posted here it went from 80% to 120% in one day. Heck there was one guy that posted saying he had been using FreeBSD since 3.4 and didn't even know the foundation existed! From the FreeBSD

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:26:29PM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: From the FreeBSD Foundation's charter: What can I expect from the FreeBSD Foundation? one of the sub point says: Cultivating press coverage and advertising the utility and availability of FreeBSD. Since your incorporation

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Nikolas Britton
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:26:29PM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: From the FreeBSD Foundation's charter: What can I expect from the FreeBSD Foundation? one of the sub point says: Cultivating press coverage and advertising the utility and availability of FreeBSD. Since

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Nikolas Britton
Nikolas Britton wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:26:29PM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: From the FreeBSD Foundation's charter: What can I expect from the FreeBSD Foundation? one of the sub point says: Cultivating press coverage and advertising the utility and availability

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Jay O'Brien
And thanks to Troy Mills, who posted the alert here Wednesday morning. I was not aware of the foundation, and I appreciate the opportunity to provide some small measure of support. $30,400 was needed, and 839 people contributed 123% of that amount, or an average of $47USD each, in FOUR DAYS.

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:02:02PM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: Anyone who will listen, being that this mailing list has the most readership of all the FreeBSD lists and It says -questions It is only common sense to post questions here. Also the fact that the FreeBSD Foundation's board

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Lane
On Sunday 26 December 2004 21:25, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:02:02PM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: Anyone who will listen, being that this mailing list has the most readership of all the FreeBSD lists and It says -questions It is only common sense to post questions

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Nikolas Britton
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:02:02PM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: Anyone who will listen, being that this mailing list has the most readership of all the FreeBSD lists and It says -questions It is only common sense to post questions here. Also the fact that the

Re: FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

2004-12-26 Thread Nikolas Britton
Lane wrote: Hey, Kris! do they gotta freebsd-foundation-questions list? 'Cause I wanna get me a subscription! I said yesterday that I had been using FreeBSD since 3.4, but I misspoke. Actually it has been since 3.1. Turns out I hadda dig out those disks just today, and lo and behold! It was