Boost Foundation (was: Re: Revitalization)

From: David Sankel (camior_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-12-05 22:25:58

On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 8:37 AM Ivan Matek via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> P.S. Regarding resources: I know money is considered dirty in most open
> source communities(I never understood that), but if Boost would set up some
> way to support people doing work and resources were spend transparently I
> think that would be beneficial to the community and Boost itself. Again I
> might be too optimistic, mold linker author recently mentioned how he is
> unable to support mold development from donations, but you can count on
> mine 5$/month :)
>

The Boost Foundation <https://sites.google.com/a/boost.org/steering/> is a
100% volunteer-led 501(c)3 non-profit with transparency as part of its
mission. You can see our meeting minutes right on the website. Donations,
which are matched by many employers, help fund the mailing list, boost.org
servers, and other Boost expenses.

I think circulating an annual report would help socialize the good work the
Boost Foundation does. We should do that. I know the board is more than
happy to entertain proposals on how to use funding to forward the mission.
Just recently we opened up the possibility for those in the Boost community
to contribute directly to C++ standardization through its membership.