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NetBSD Foundation Board Election Results Posted

Posted by chrisd on from the florida-stye-recount-not-necessary dept.

Dan writes "With the publishing of the final ballot of the Board Elections on September 12th, a one-year long effort to establish a more democratic structure in the NetBSD Project came to a successful end."

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  1. Re:Isn't this what killed FreeBSD? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually, it was the previous "leadership" (of which I include myself) that never got a lot of the stuff done, that needs to get done. Things like filling out and maintaining official non-profit status so people can donate money and hardware in exchange for a tax-receipt. Stuff like this has been lagging for approximately-ever and needs people to take charge of it and follow it through. None of the administrative work interferes with development and technical direction is still decided on by the developers themselves. 501(c)3 status is, believe it or not, important to many organizations who want to donate but for whatever reason can't or won't if the recipient isn't a registered non-profit. This is just one example of the administrivia that's been lagging for years.

    H.