News from the Firebird Foundation

Wed 23 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT	Bill Oliver Funds Another Week	Secretary
	Bill Oliver, of SAS, who started a new tradition a few months ago, of donating a “one-week run” of cash for development, has done it again! Thanks, Bill! Any others interested in funding a week? A sum of around $2,100 to $2,300 will do it.

Mon 21 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT	Annual General Meeting Announced	Vice-President
	Our Annual General Meeting will start on Monday 12 October 2009 at Noon GMT. The Agenda is available and will be built up as reports and nominations come to hand. It is TIME to step forward if you wish to indicate that you are available to serve on the new committee. Nominations will be required for the executive offices of President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. In addition, nominations may be made for non-executive positions. You can link through to the launch page for nominations from the Agenda.

Tue 15 Sep 2009 12:06:00 GMT	Pavel Cisar Relinquishes Grant	Committee
	Pavel Cisar, who has been using the grant allocation for development of QA tests for releases for some years, is relinquishing the grant from November forward. It doesn’t mean Pavel is giving up his task, though: he will carry on with his work. Philippe Makowski, who is the project’s other QA tester, already gave up his grant several months ago.

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