Newsletter:2001 Winter

(taken from email posting (O|B|F) Open Bioinformatics Foundation October 2001 Newsletter biopython.org, biojava.org, bioperl.org bioXML.org (defunct), bioCORBA.org (defunct), bioDAS.org, biomoby.org, etc.

Introduction

There has been very significant progress and change within our project(s) and organizational ranks lately; most of these changes not been immediately obvious or visible on our web sites or mailing lists. This email message is our first attempt at what will hopefully become a regular update on the 'big picture' status of our projects and efforts.

If you have comments, questions or concerns about anything in this newsletter you can email the Open-Bio board directly at boardATopen-bio.org

Summary of topics in today's message:

 o Organizational Status
   - Our cross-project name is now the "Open Bioinformatics Foundation"
   - O|B|F is now a non-profit corporation
   - 2001/2002 Board of Directors announced
   - Legal services provided pro bono by HellerEhrman

 o Organizational Financial Summary
   - Current funds
   - BOSC'2001 profit

 o Server and Connectivity Update

 o Current