FreeBSD Non-Profit Status

[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 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 in 2001 you have release 4 PRs, 4!!!! and only 
two of them are applicable to the statement above. so how have you been 
spreading the word about FreeBSD when the FreeBSD community doesn't even 
know you exist?

But the parent poster is right and they do alot more then just 
non-existent PR. The only thing this short term fund drive managed to do 
is keep them in 501(c)(3) status so keep sending it in! (maybe we can 
get to 200% before the years over!): 
http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donating.shtml

Frank J. Laszlo wrote:

> 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 mean you cant still donate. 
> They cant expect my next donation midway through the first quarter 
> next year :)
>
> Regards,
>
>    Frank Laszlo
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