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<head>
<title>The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.</title>
</head>

<sect1 id="top">
<title>What is The NetBSD Foundation?</title>

<para>
The NetBSD Foundation serves as the legal entity which owns several of
the NetBSD Project servers, handles
<ulink url="/donations/">donations</ulink>
of money, services, hardware or time to
the project, and administers NetBSD copyrights.
</para>

<para>
The NetBSD Foundation is incorporated in the State of Delaware,
and is governed by a set of <ulink url="bylaws.html">bylaws</ulink>.
</para>

<para>
The NetBSD Foundation is a non-profit organisation as
per section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
</para>

<para>
The NetBSD Foundation has a Board of Directors, who may be contacted at
<email>board@NetBSD.org</email>.
The Board members were elected by the NetBSD Developer
community, following the <ulink
url="board-election-procedure.html">Board election procedure</ulink>.
</para>
</sect1>


<sect1 id="structure">
<title>Organizational structure</title>

<para>
  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata fileref="structure.png" format="PNG"/>
    </imageobject>
    <textobject><phrase>[Structure graph]</phrase></textobject>
  </mediaobject>
</para>

<para>
Various committees
have been set up by the Board: the 
<ulink url="executive-committees.html#finance">finance-exec</ulink> and
<ulink url="executive-committees.html#membership">membership-exec</ulink> 
<emphasis>Executive Committees</emphasis>, the pkgsrc-pmc
<emphasis>Project Management Committee</emphasis> and core
(<ulink url="../people/core.html">the NetBSD Core Group</ulink>).
</para>
</sect1>


<sect1 id="board">
  <title>Board, Office holders and Officers</title>

<para>
The current members of the NetBSD Foundation's
Board of Directors are:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
    <para>&a.snj; <email>snj@NetBSD.org</email></para>
    <para>
      Member of board: 2010-now;
      Term expires: 2012;
      Last elected: 2010
    </para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>&a.jmmv; <email>jmmv@NetBSD.org</email></para>
    <para>
      Member of board: 2011-now;
      Term expires: 2013;
      Last elected: 2011
    </para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>&a.reed; <email>reed@NetBSD.org</email></para>
    <para>
      Member of board: 2009-now;
      Term expires: 2013;
      Last elected: 2011
    </para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>&a.tron; <email>tron@NetBSD.org</email></para>
    <para>
      Member of board: 2009-now;
      Term expires: 2013;
      Last elected: 2011
    </para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>&a.dyoung; <email>dyoung@NetBSD.org</email></para>
    <para>
      Member of board: 2010-now;
      Term expires: 2012;
      Last elected: 2010
    </para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>&a.spz; <email>spz@NetBSD.org</email></para>
    <para>
      Member of board: 2011-now;
      Term expires: 2013;
      Last elected: 2011
    </para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>&a.christos; <email>christos@NetBSD.org</email></para>
    <para>
      Member of board: 2010-now;
      Term expires: 2012;
      Last elected: 2010
    </para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>
The office holders of the Foundation are:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>President: &a.dyoung; <email>dyoung@NetBSD.org</email></listitem>
<listitem>Vice President: &a.tron; <email>tron@NetBSD.org</email></listitem>
<listitem>Secretary: &a.christos; <email>christos@NetBSD.org</email></listitem>
<listitem>Treasurer: &a.christos; <email>christos@NetBSD.org</email></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</sect1>


<sect1 id="policies">
<title>Policies</title>

<para>
The NetBSD Foundation has implemented the following policies:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><ulink url="policies/20030715-donations.txt">
NetBSD Foundation Donation Policy</ulink>.
(2003/07/15)
</listitem>
<listitem><ulink url="policies/application-procedure.html">
New NetBSD developer application procedure</ulink>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>


<sect1 id="resolutions">
<title>Resolutions</title>

<para>
The NetBSD Foundation has passed the following resolutions:
</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><ulink url="resolutions/20030114-administration-exec.txt">
Formation of administration-exec@NetBSD.org</ulink>.
(2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11)
</listitem>

<listitem><ulink url="resolutions/20030114-communication-exec.txt">
Formation of communication-exec@NetBSD.org</ulink>.
(2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11)
</listitem>

<listitem><ulink url="resolutions/20030114-finance-exec.txt">
Formation of finance-exec@NetBSD.org</ulink>.
(2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11)
</listitem>

<listitem><ulink url="resolutions/20030114-membership-exec.txt">
Formation of membership-exec@NetBSD.org</ulink>.
(2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11)
</listitem>

<listitem><ulink url="resolutions/20030114-technical-exec.txt">
Formation of technical-exec@NetBSD.org</ulink>.
(2003/01/14, amended 2003/03/11)
</listitem>

<listitem><ulink url="resolutions/20030923-core.txt">
Formation of core@NetBSD.org</ulink>.
(2003/09/23)
</listitem>

<listitem><ulink url="resolutions/20031202-pkgsrc-pmc.txt">
Formation of pkgsrc-pmc@NetBSD.org</ulink>.
(2003/12/02)
</listitem>

<listitem><ulink url="resolutions/20041006-www-pmc.txt">
Formation of www-pmc@NetBSD.org</ulink>.
(2004/10/06)
</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para>
The administration-exec, communication-exec and technical-exec
Executive Committees do not exist anymore.</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="reports">
<title>Reports</title>

<para>
The following status reports of the NetBSD Foundation are available:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/financial/2011.html">Financial report:
      2011</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/financial/2010.html">Financial report:
      2010</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/financial/2009.html">Financial report:
      2009</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/financial/2008.html">Financial report:
      2008</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/financial/2007.html">Financial report:
      2007</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2007Q1.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: January - June 2007</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/financial/2006.html">Financial report:
      2006</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2006Q2Q3Q4.html"><quote>Quarterly</quote> Status
      Report: April - December 2006</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/financial/2005.html">Financial report:
      2005</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2006Q1.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: January - March 2006</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2005Q3Q4.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: July - December 2005</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/financial/2004.html">Financial report:
      2004</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2005Q2.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: April - June 2005</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2005Q1.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: January - March 2005</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2004.html">Annual Group Meeting: 2004</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2004Q4.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: October - December 2004</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2004Q3.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: July - September 2004</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2004Q2.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: April - June 2004</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2004Q1.html">Quarterly Status
      Report: January - March 2004</ulink>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <ulink url="reports/2003.html">Annual Group Meeting: 2003</ulink>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="press-releases">
<title>Press releases</title>

<para>
Press releases from NetBSD Foundation and media information are
available at the <ulink url="press/">Media and Press Information
webpage</ulink>.
</para>
</sect1>

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