From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 12 22:17:07 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37FE8DF4 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:17:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aslan.scsiguy.com (ns1.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 01B972BE8 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:17:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.104] (c-50-183-54-121.hsd1.co.comcast.net [50.183.54.121]) (authenticated bits=0) by aslan.scsiguy.com (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id rACMGu52051762 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:16:59 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from deb@freebsdfoundation.org) From: Deb Goodkin Message-Id: Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:16:51 -0700 To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.0 \(1822\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1822) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (aslan.scsiguy.com [70.89.174.89]); Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:17:00 -0700 (MST) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:33:08 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.16 Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Foundation's Year-End Fundraising Campaign! X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:17:07 -0000 Dear FreeBSD Community, Your donations have helped make FreeBSD the best open source operating = system available! By investing in The FreeBSD Foundation you have helped = us keep FreeBSD a high-performance, secure, and stable operating system. Thanks to people like you, the FreeBSD Foundation has been proudly = supporting the FreeBSD Project and community for over 13 years now. We = are incredibly grateful for all the support we receive from you and so = many individuals and organizations that value FreeBSD. As of this = writing we have raised $427,000 towards our goal of raising $1,000,000. = Would you consider making a gift to support our work in 2014? Donations can easily be made here: = http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/. This year your donations helped FreeBSD by: =95 Funding development projects to improve FreeBSD, including: = Native iSCSI kernel stack, Updated Intel graphics chipset support, = Integration of Newcons, UTF-8 console support, Superpages for ARM = architecture, and Layer 2 networking modernization and performance = improvements. =95 Hiring two more staff members to help with FreeBSD development = projects, security, and release engineering. =95 Educating the public and promoting FreeBSD. We are preparing = the debut our new online magazine, the FreeBSD Journal. We created = high-quality brochures to teach people about FreeBSD. We also visited = companies to help facilitate collaboration efforts with the Project. =95 Sponsoring BSD conferences and summits in Europe, Japan, = Canada, and the US. =95 Protecting FreeBSD IP and providing legal support to the = Project. =95 Purchasing hardware to build and improve FreeBSD project = infrastructure. =20 But are you aware of the tangible benefits derived from our support of = the FreeBSD community? Providing travel grants to FreeBSD volunteers is = a great way to invest in the future of FreeBSD. One person we sponsored = was Google Summer of Code student Mike Ma, who had the chance to present = his work at EuroBSDCon. During his presentation he received valuable = input that will help improve and verify his GSoC work. By attending the = conference, he had the opportunity to meet passionate FreeBSD developers = who inspired him to learn as much as he could about their different = projects. This encouraged him to continue working with his mentor and = get involved in his mentor=92s work as well as some lldb work. =20 Now that Mike's back at his university, he's been busy promoting and = advocating for FreeBSD. In fact he's so passionate about the Project now = that he convinced a friend who is working on programming languages to = work on the clang project, because it's relevant to his own work. This one investment helped FreeBSD by providing an environment for a = student to get more involved in the Project, and bring that enthusiasm = back to his university to promote FreeBSD and encourage more students to = get involved. This is an investment in the next generation of FreeBSD = developers. Donate today to help us continue and increase our support of the FreeBSD = Project and community worldwide! Making a donation is quick and easy. To = make a donation go to: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/. Thank you for your support! Sincerely, Deb Goodkin Secretary/Treasurer The FreeBSD Foundation P.S. Please make your investment in FreeBSD now, by making a donation = today! To make a donation, go here: = http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/.=