F Sharp Software Foundation

F# Software Foundation
Abbreviation	FSSF
Formation	December 2014; 9 years ago
Type	501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Purpose	Promote, protect, and advance the F# programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of F# programmers.
Headquarters	Nevada, United States
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	1831
Official language	English
Executive director	Reed Copsey, Jr.
Vice chairperson of the board of trustees	Elliot Brown
Parent organization	Microsoft
Affiliations	Microsoft
Website	foundation.fsharp.org

The F# Software Foundation (FSSF) is a non-profit organization devoted to the F# programming language.^[2] It was founded at the beginning of 2013^[3]^[4] and became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in December 2014. The mission of the foundation is to foster development of the F# community and is responsible for various processes within the F# community, including assisting development of the core F# distribution and libraries,^[5]^[6] managing intellectual rights, and raising funds.

The current board of trustees and officers of the FSSF are listed below:^[7]

Officers

Chairperson of the board of trustees: Ryan Coy
Secretary of the board of trustees: Houston Haynes
Secretary: Mathias Brandewinder
Treasurer: Paulmichael Blasucci
Executive director: Reed Copsey, Jr.
Technical advisor: Don Syme

Board of trustees

Kevin Avignon
Phillip Carter
Ryan Coy
Houston Haynes
Janne Siera

The executive director and technical advisor roles serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the board of trustees.

References

↑ "Board Meeting Minutes". http://foundation.fsharp.org/board_meeting_20170918.
↑ "About the F# Software Foundation". http://foundation.fsharp.org/about/.
↑ "Introducing the F# Software Foundation (InfoQ)". http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/01/FSharp-Foundation.
↑ "F# Foundation: Taking Microsoft's F# Language to a Higher Ground (eWeek)". 6 January 2013. http://www.eweek.com/developer/f-foundation-taking-microsofts-f-language-to-a-higher-ground/.
↑ "The F# Core Engineering Group". https://fsharp.github.io/.
↑ "Announcing a preview of F# 4.0 and the Visual F# Tools in VS 2015". http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fsharpteam/archive/2014/11/12/announcing-a-preview-of-f-4-0-and-the-visual-f-tools-in-vs-2015.aspx.
↑ "Officers and Trustees". F# Software Foundation. http://foundation.fsharp.org/board_and_officers.

External links

F# Software Foundation
F# Core Engineering Group

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[1] "Board Meeting Minutes". http://foundation.fsharp.org/board_meeting_20170918.

[2] "About the F# Software Foundation". http://foundation.fsharp.org/about/.

[3] "Introducing the F# Software Foundation (InfoQ)". http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/01/FSharp-Foundation.

[4] "F# Foundation: Taking Microsoft's F# Language to a Higher Ground (eWeek)". 6 January 2013. http://www.eweek.com/developer/f-foundation-taking-microsofts-f-language-to-a-higher-ground/.

[5] "The F# Core Engineering Group". https://fsharp.github.io/.

[6] "Announcing a preview of F# 4.0 and the Visual F# Tools in VS 2015". http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fsharpteam/archive/2014/11/12/announcing-a-preview-of-f-4-0-and-the-visual-f-tools-in-vs-2015.aspx.

[7] "Officers and Trustees". F# Software Foundation. http://foundation.fsharp.org/board_and_officers.