Fundraising for Sourceware, Fri 10 Jul, 15:00 UTC

[Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>]

Friday, 10 July is the second Friday of the month, so it is time for
the Sourceware Open Office. The topic is "Fundraising for Sourceware".

Last year we successfully completed our infrastructure hardware
refresh cycle. We doubled individual donations and increased corporate
"in-kind" support for hosting and networking.

For the 2026/2027 fiscal year, we would like to shift our budget
focus to spend less on "iron" and more on "services and people".
https://sourceware.org/financials.html

Your small, monthly contributions are the lifeblood of our
independence, ensuring that the core infrastructure remains
community-run and developer-focused.

    So please visit the individual donation page:
    https://sourceware.org/donate.html

    Please donate if you haven't yet.
    Every contribution makes a difference.

This year, we are also officially launching a new corporate
sponsorship initiative, "Securing the Global Supply Chain". This
program focuses on hardening infrastructure security, accelerating
engineering velocity, and ensuring long-term sustainability through
three flexible financial tiers and in-kind partnership opportunities.

    If your employer builds on or benefits from the stable,
    independent infrastructure provided by Sourceware, we invite you
    to become a Sourceware Ambassador. You can champion our mission
    internally by introducing your management or Open Source Program
    Office (OSPO) to the program and sharing the strategic benefits
    outlined at https://sourceware.org/sponsor.html

Please come and discuss this on Friday July 10, from 15:00 UTC to
16:00 UTC at #overseers on irc.libera.chat

$ date -d "Fri Jul 10 15:00 UTC 2026"

Sourceware relies on cooperation among a broad diversity of core
toolchain and developer tool projects, hackers, organizations, ideas,
and communication styles. The monthly Sourceware Open Office meetings
are one way of coming together as a community and discuss our shared
development infrastructure. For other ways to participate, see
https://sourceware.org/mission.html#organization