2. What is the OBF?
• Umbrella organization for the Bio*
projects (and EMBOSS)
• Non-profit, entirely volunteer-run
• Dedicated to promoting the practice
and philosophy of Open Source
software development and Open
Science within the life sciences.
3. What does OBF do?
• Sponsor and run BOSC and other community-
nurturing initiatives
• Code Fests (and hackathons)
• Mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code
• Advocacy to promote Open Source and Open Science
in bioinformatics
• Accepting and disbursing donations on behalf of
member projects
• Managing assets on behalf of our member projects.
4. OBF has members,
and needs more
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27.5
55
82.5
110
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Members
Comparison
benchmarks:
•Open-bio-l: 111
•Biopython: 787
(331 on dev)
•Bioperl-l: 1033
9. Creating an organization
that people aspire to serve
• Mission and services that matter
• Processes that work
• Minimal administrative overhead
• Ability to accept tax-exempt donations
• Support for community initiatives
10.
11. OBF is an SPI-associated
project since Oct 2012
12. SPI Services
• Accepting donations and holding funds
• Holding substantial and intangible assets
• Signing contracts, including
underwriting conference events
• Legal assistance (access to legal counsel)
• Technical services (e.g., nameservers)
17. What’s next?
• Improve engagement and recruitment
of volunteers
• Partner with organizations well
aligned with our mission and goals
• Determine funding programs to best
support our community
18. Connect with us
• Web: http://www.open-bio.org/
• Twitter: @obf_news
• GitHub: http://github.com/obf/
• News blog: http://news.open-bio.org/
• Join us as a member.