Assessing and Managing threats to the Nonprofit Infrastructure of FOSS
| Fri 01 Aug 9:45 a.m.–10:25 a.m.
Presented by
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Allen Gunn
@aspirationtech
https://aspirationtech.org/
Allen Gunn (gunner) is Executive Director of Aspiration (www.aspirationtech.org) in San Francisco, USA, and works to help NGOs, activists, foundations and technologists forge effective and sustainable digital strategies in support of social, racial and climate justice. Gunner has worked in numerous technology-focused environments from NGO to Silicon Valley start-up to college faculty, serving in senior management, engineering, teaching and volunteer roles. He is an experienced strategist, mentor and facilitator with a passion for designing collaborative open learning processes. And once upon a time he was a roadie in a San Francisco rock-and-roll band.
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Daniel Pono Takamori is the Community Organizer at Software Freedom Conservancy. He's been involved in FOSS for almost 20 years and worked for non-profit FOSS organizations for over a decade. While not at his computer he likes to play go, cook vegetables and ride his bike.
Allen Gunn
@aspirationtech
https://aspirationtech.org/
Abstract
Free and Open Source Software has long relied on a robust network of nonprofit organizations set up to support its development and advocacy. In recent years, this infrastructure has been tested as funding has declined and the uncertainties related to running these organizations have increased, resulting in closures or reductions in staff at many orgs. In this keynote, Pono Takamori will host a conversation with Allen Gunn of Aspiration about the current challenges facing fiscal sponsorship organizations, how the decline in funding for these organizations will impact FOSS generally and how to assess a variety of threats in the US and globally..
Free and Open Source Software has long relied on a robust network of nonprofit organizations set up to support its development and advocacy. In recent years, this infrastructure has been tested as funding has declined and the uncertainties related to running these organizations have increased, resulting in closures or reductions in staff at many orgs. In this keynote, Pono Takamori will host a conversation with Allen Gunn of Aspiration about the current challenges facing fiscal sponsorship organizations, how the decline in funding for these organizations will impact FOSS generally and how to assess a variety of threats in the US and globally..