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This has been a long effort by the Foundation staff and legal advisers - well done on securing the status!

Best,
Simon

> On Aug 26, 2015, at 12:06 PM, Bias, Randy <Randy.Bias at emc.com> wrote:
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> Huge congratsŠ Really good work.
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>> On 8/26/15, 12:05 PM, "Monty Taylor" <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:
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>>> On 08/26/2015 09:16 AM, Jonathan Bryce wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> I'm very happy to report that after a lengthy process with the US
>>> Internal Revenue Service (IRS), including an initial denial and an
>>> appeal, the OpenStack Foundation has been granted 501c6 tax exempt
>>> status. This is clear recognition of the positive impact that our
>>> Foundation is having on the cloud computing industry.
>>> 
>>> While it may seem like a small administrative matter, the long term
>>> impact is very positive for the efforts of the Foundation and the
>>> industry, allowing us to devote more resources to ensuring the cloud
>>> revolution is truly open to everyone. We also hope this outcome for our
>>> Foundation benefits other open source organizations pursuing tax exempt
>>> status with the IRS now and in the future.
>>> 
>>> Thank you to everyone in the OpenStack community and the greater open
>>> source world who supported us through the process.
>> 
>> That's so exciting!!! Congratulations and kudos on all the hard work!
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