OpenStack Foundation Tax Exempt Status
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. Jonathan
This is huge not just for for us but for other open source communities as well. Thanks Jonathan and to the rest of the Foundation staff for all your work to make this happen. -Lew On 8/26/15, 9:16 AM, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> 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.
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Agreed. Great job. Big accomplishment for the industry. Thank you to all involved. Best John John Zannos
On Aug 26, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Lew Tucker (letucker) <letucker@cisco.com> wrote:
This is huge not just for for us but for other open source communities as well. Thanks Jonathan and to the rest of the Foundation staff for all your work to make this happen.
-Lew
On 8/26/15, 9:16 AM, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> 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.
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+1 Awesome! --RP On Aug 26, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Lew Tucker (letucker) wrote:
This is huge not just for for us but for other open source communities as well. Thanks Jonathan and to the rest of the Foundation staff for all your work to make this happen.
-Lew
On 8/26/15, 9:16 AM, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> 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.
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Awesome news, Jonathan! Thank you and the team for the perseverance and rigor in getting this over the goal line. Alex Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 26, 2015, at 9:16 AM, Jonathan Bryce <jonathan@openstack.org> 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.
Jonathan _______________________________________________ Foundation-board mailing list Foundation-board@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
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!
Huge congratsŠ Really good work. --Randy VP, Technology, EMC Corporation Board of Directors, OpenStack Foundation Formerly Founder & CEO, Cloudscaling (now a part of EMC) +1 (415) 787-2253 [google voice] TWITTER: twitter.com/randybias LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/in/randybias EXEC ADMIN: inna.kats@emc.com, +1 (415) 601-1168 On 8/26/15, 12:05 PM, "Monty Taylor" <mordred@inaugust.com> wrote:
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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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@emc.com> wrote:
Huge congratsŠ Really good work.
--Randy
VP, Technology, EMC Corporation Board of Directors, OpenStack Foundation Formerly Founder & CEO, Cloudscaling (now a part of EMC) +1 (415) 787-2253 [google voice] TWITTER: twitter.com/randybias LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/in/randybias EXEC ADMIN: inna.kats@emc.com, +1 (415) 601-1168
On 8/26/15, 12:05 PM, "Monty Taylor" <mordred@inaugust.com> wrote:
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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On Wed, 2015-08-26 at 09:16 -0700, 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 great news One of the things that might be considered now is whether to offer umbrella support to related projects so that they too can benefit from this. One of the reasons the software freedom conservancy came into being was precisely for this purpose ... and in those days it was just because small projects couldn't afford to apply, not because the IRS was knocking back most applications. Obviously, the projects have to be related to the OpenStack mission, but politically, it might be beneficial to all open ecosystems to have a model like the conservancy but with less of an agenda. James
Wow, this is great news! Congratulations to you and the Foundation staff, DLA Piper, and the community! Best, Eileen -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Bryce [mailto:jonathan@openstack.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:16 AM To: foundation@lists.openstack.org; <foundation-board@lists.openstack.org> Subject: [Foundation Board] OpenStack Foundation Tax Exempt Status 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. Jonathan _______________________________________________ Foundation-board mailing list Foundation-board@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
Great work Jonathan! That's a material mile stone and one that certainly takes an intensive amount of dedication and persistence. Jesse Proudman Chief Technology Officer Blue Box, an IBM company w. blueboxcloud.com Sent from a mobile device. Apologies for typos! On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:17 AM -0700, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> 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. Jonathan _______________________________________________ Foundation mailing list Foundation@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation
On Aug 26, 2015, at 9:17 AM, Jonathan Bryce <jonathan@openstack.org> 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,
Patience and persistence. Thanks for driving this as many other open source projects are ahead because of the effort here. Also, we need to thank and congratulate Mark Radcliffe from DLA. Great work. Sent from my mobile 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.
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Wow.. That is tremendous.. Very good news. Thank you to the foundation folks, Mark/DLA Piper, and the community.. Toby On 8/26/15, 12:16 PM, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> 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.
Jonathan _______________________________________________ Foundation-board mailing list Foundation-board@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation-board
Thanks, it was a group effort: Lee Sheller used his deep knowledge of the IRS to discover the misconceptions of the IRS about OpenStack in particular and FOSS in general (Lee now knows more about open source than any other tax lawyer in the country) and Jonathan, Mark and Lauren did a fantastic job of gathering the information which included reviewing all of the presentations in the last four summits (1300 in total) to put them in categories for the IRS letter. Thank you to the foundation folks, Mark/DLA Piper, and the community.. Toby On 8/26/15, 12:16 PM, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> 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.
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Thanks, it was a group effort: Lee Sheller used his deep knowledge of the IRS to discover the misconceptions of the IRS about OpenStack in particular and FOSS in general (Lee now knows more about open source than any other tax lawyer in the country) and Jonathan, Mark and Lauren did a fantastic job of gathering the information which included reviewing all of the presentations in the last four summits (1300 in total) to put them in categories for the IRS letter.
Thank you to the foundation folks, Mark/DLA Piper, and the community..
Toby
On 8/26/15, 12:16 PM, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> 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.
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Is there a straightforward way to have all this good work and domain knowledge packaged up and useful for the other FLOSS c6's working down the pipeline? Mark Atwood <mark.atwood@hp.com> Director of Open Source Engagement +12064737118 privileged. It directly, send to
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-----Original Message----- From: Radcliffe, Mark [mailto:Mark.Radcliffe@dlapiper.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 2:04 PM To: FORD, TOBY; Jonathan Bryce; foundation@lists.openstack.org; <foundation- board@lists.openstack.org> Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] [Foundation Board] OpenStack Foundation Tax Exempt Status
Thanks, it was a group effort: Lee Sheller used his deep knowledge of the IRS to discover the misconceptions of the IRS about OpenStack in particular and FOSS in general (Lee now knows more about open source than any other tax lawyer in the country) and Jonathan, Mark and Lauren did a fantastic job of gathering the information which included reviewing all of the presentations in the last four summits (1300 in total) to put them in categories for the IRS letter.
Thank you to the foundation folks, Mark/DLA Piper, and the community..
Toby
On 8/26/15, 12:16 PM, "Jonathan Bryce" <jonathan@openstack.org> 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.
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We are working through the issues of what is public and what is confidential. -----Original Message----- From: Atwood, Mark [mailto:mark.atwood@hp.com] Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 8:08 AM To: Radcliffe, Mark; FORD, TOBY; Jonathan Bryce; foundation@lists.openstack.org; <foundation-board@lists.openstack.org> Subject: RE: [OpenStack Foundation] [Foundation Board] OpenStack Foundation Tax Exempt Status Is there a straightforward way to have all this good work and domain knowledge packaged up and useful for the other FLOSS c6's working down the pipeline? Mark Atwood <mark.atwood@hp.com> Director of Open Source Engagement +12064737118 privileged. It directly, send to
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participants (15)
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Alex Freedland
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Atwood, Mark
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Bias, Randy
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Evans, Eileen
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FORD, TOBY
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James Bottomley
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Jesse Proudman
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John Zannos
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Jonathan Bryce
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Lew Tucker (letucker)
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Monty Taylor
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Radcliffe, Mark
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Ronald Pagani Jr.
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Simon Anderson
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Todd Moore