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One of the ways we’re turning OSI into a member organisation is to gradually replace the Board with member-selected directors. This process started last year when OSI’s Affiliate members — non-profit organizations themselves — selected candidates for the Board. This year, two directors have left the Board; Fabio Kon, whose education initiatives for OSI have…

Software Freedom Conservancy have announced a fundraising campaign for an Open Source non-profit accounting system. The campaign seeks to raise $75,000 to fund a full-time developer for one year to first reevaluate existing solutions for their viability as a non-profit accounting system, and then improve and augment the best available system to create a new…

Another in the series of public meetings to be hosted by the OSI around its next face-to-face board meeting, OSI will also host the non-profit [DC Metro Open Source Community Summit](http://opensourcecommunitysummit.org) at the [Mayflower Renaissance in Washington, D.C.](https://plus.google.com/117262185646281321248/about?gl=us&hl=en) The May 10th, 2013 program will include short sessions by some of our [OSI board members](http://opensourcecommunitysummit.org/speakers) and…

Pleased to share the news that OSI will host a three hour open source license clinic as part of its non-profit educational mission, in collaboration with federal agency participants and the Washington D.C. technology community. The event will take place May 9 from 9 a.m. to Noon at the Library of Congress and is free,…

Since it has been roughly one year since the newest board members were chosen, I’d like to put on my new hat as chair of the License Committee and recap some license committee highlights from this past year. Some things that got done: Revised the opensource.org/licenses landing page to make it more useful to visitors…