[Ambassadors] Fedora NPO founded at FOSDEM in Bruxelles

[Nayyar Ahmad]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Gerold <gerold at lugd.org> wrote:

> Dear *,
>
> it is a great pleasure for us to share with you the official announcement
> of the Fedora EMEA NPO as you can read below:


I congratulate all EMEA Ambassadors on achieving this milestone !

>
>
> The idea of improving the way in which Fedora is supported started in
> 2006, and has been given shape and carefully prepared during the
> following year. On February 23rd, 2008, conform German Law and
> established in the German district Lörrach, 10 active members of the
> European Fedora Community founded a non-profit association called
> "Fedora EMEA e.V.".
>
> This foundation increases the possibilities to inform a broader mass
> about the Fedora Project and forms a focal point and economic base for
> Fedora Project supporters. For companies and other organizations, the
> Fedora Project supporters are now organized in a solid, efficient and
> transparent way. The foundation reports to the Fedora Project regularly.
>
> As President of the Board, the members elected Gerold Kassube (Germany),
>  long-time member of the Fedora Ambassador Team. The members also
> elected  Jeroen van Meeuwen (The Netherlands), and Fabian Affolter
> (Switzerland) to become the organization's Vice-Presidents, and trusted
> Robert Scheck (Germany) to manage the foundations assets.
>
> In just a few weeks, during LinuxTag 2008 in Germany, the foundation has
> it's first General Members Assembly. Because all parties involved still
> have a lot of work to do, the necessary information to support the
> organization and membership subscription forms will become available
> online in the near future.
>
> On behalf of the Board
>
> Gerold Kassube
>
>
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