-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Community.
Before you read this, please make sure you verified and understood that it comes from a trustworthy source. My name is David Höhn and what I do is mentioned here on our official web-site: http://fink.sourceforge.net/people.php?phpLang=en Furthermore you can ensure that the PGP Signature of this message is correct and matches up with the Key that has been published here: http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/security/notification.php?phpLang=en#who Fink has grown. It has grown quickly and all of the core team, including myself acknowledge, that voluntary work is limited to what each individual is able to give. There are many people out there using Fink and we would like to make things easier for them. Unfortunately that means that we, as a team, have to ensure that enough funding and legal backup is there to allow Fink such growth. For this reason the Fink Developer Network has been created and a certificate of incorporation has been filed with the Division of Revenue of the state of New Jersey on April 13th 2004. Since then we have been taking it slow. Many things have been going on in the private lives of those involved, but now we feel it is time to go ahead and further push our plans. There are many things that need to be thought of and to ensure that our community is as included as possible, to ensure that we are as transparent as we possibly can be we have published all necessary information on the Fink Wiki. Those of you that wish to better understand why the Fink developer Network is an important and valid step to further the development of Fink might wish to review this URL: http://wiki.opendarwin.org/index.php/Fink:FDN All of you are welcome to comment. All you need to do is register yourself, log in and leave your comment. Please do not forget to "sign" you comment with '~~~~' , this will ensure that we know which user left the comment and when. Since the Fink Developer Network is a not-for-profit organization it has to follow certain rules set forth by the IRS to reach tax exemption and rules set forth by the state of New Jersey. To ensure that everyone involved is bound to those rule bylaws have been proposed by me and some of the core members. If you are interested in reviewing those bylaws and commenting on them, please visit this URL: http://wiki.opendarwin.org/index.php/Fink:PBL All of you are welcome to comment, especially when you have a legal background. Please do not forget to "sign" you comment with '~~~~' , this will ensure that we know which user left the comment and when. You might wish to pay special attention to the "COMMITTEES" section. That section is not complete and you are welcome to suggest more COMMITTEES to us. By visiting http://wiki.opendarwin.org/index.php/Fink you will find that some work has already been done to ensure that the FDN will be able to receive monetary donations. This will most likely be done via PayPal and compliance to do so has already been filed with PayPal and has been approved. Right now the FDN is broke. While most of the core members have donated money to allow the incorporation of FDN, that money is gone now. Before we can file for tax exemption a way to finance those next steps has to be found. As you can wee we have thought about that as well and you are more than welcome to add your own ideas to the list that has already been posted. All in all there are a lot of questions that still need to be discussed. I strongly believe in our community and I believe that it should be involved early. That is what I am doing right now. I would like to involve all of you. How would you go about solving the issues that I described. What are your ideas, and wishes for an organization such as the FDN. You are welcome to comment in this thread, however we would prefer your comments on the Wiki. Of course you may contact me off list or post your concerns to [EMAIL PROTECTED] As I said, this is an early announcement. Depending on how much feedback I am seeing a news Item on the Fink web-site or an official Press release via prweb might follow. Thank you! PS: ATTENTION! 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