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The '''Appropedia Foundation''' is the organization which manages the Appropedia website (the wiki and the forum<ref>As of May 2007, the forum is being set up, and will be announced soon. See [[Appropedia:Forum]]</ref>) and associated projects<ref>There are currently no associated projects, only the website. Ideas have been floated regarding the distribution of affordable educational material in developing countries, but no decision has been made on these.</ref>
The '''Appropedia Foundation''' is the organization which manages the Appropedia website, provides leadership on the promotion of the project, and supports associated projects.<ref>The Foundation actively supports related projects in open knowledge, sustainability, development and service learning in related areas. This is done on an informal basis - there are currently no formal projects or associated projects, apart from the Appropedia wiki site and blog.</ref>


The founding directors of the Foundation are:
'''Directors''':
*[[User:Lonny|Lonny]] (Arcata, California)
{|
*[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] (Sydney, Australia)
|''name'' || ''username'' || ''brief bio'' || ''location'' || ''
*[[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]] (?, California)
|-
|Lonny Grafman || ([[User:Lonny|Lonny]]) || Instructor at Humboldt State University || (Arcata, California)
|-
|Chris Watkins || ([[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]]) || Water and sanitation engineer; fair trade importer || (West Java, Indonesia and Sydney, Australia)
|-
|Curt Beckmann || ([[User:Curtbeckmann|Curtbeckmann]]) || Engineering development manager and entrepreneur || (Los Gatos, California)
|-
|Andrew Lamb || ([[User:Andrew.lamb|Andrew.lamb]]) || CEO of Engineers Without Borders UK; RedR; UNESCO || (London, UK)
|-
|Joel Scott || ([[User:Joel.scott|Joel.scott]] || Attorney || (Bay Area, California)
|-
|'''Past directors''':
|-
|Catherine Laine || ([[User:Claine1|Claine1]]) || Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group || (Boston, Massachusetts)
|}


The Appropedia Foundation is a California non-profit organization. As of May 2007, the Foundation's application for {{WP|501(c)(3)}} status under United States law is being processed.  
For more details see '''[[Appropedia:Board of Directors]]'''.
 
== Details ==
 
The Appropedia Foundation is a California non-profit organization and has 501(c)(3){{w|501(c)(3)}} status under United States law. The Foundation's Federal EIN (Tax ID) is 20-8982657.
 
== Announcements ==
''Via the [http://blogs.appropedia.org/ Appropedia Blog]'':
<rss number=8 title=off>http://blogs.appropedia.org/tag/announcements/feed/</rss>
 
* ''[http://blogs.appropedia.org/tag/announcements/ More announcements]''
* ''[http://blogs.appropedia.org/ All Appropedia blog posts]''


==Notes==
==Notes==
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[[Category:Organizations]]
== See also ==
 
* [[Appropedia:About|About Appropedia]]
 
 
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The Appropedia Foundation is the organization which manages the Appropedia website, provides leadership on the promotion of the project, and supports associated projects.[1]

Directors:

name username brief bio location
Lonny Grafman (Lonny) Instructor at Humboldt State University (Arcata, California)
Chris Watkins (Chriswaterguy) Water and sanitation engineer; fair trade importer (West Java, Indonesia and Sydney, Australia)
Curt Beckmann (Curtbeckmann) Engineering development manager and entrepreneur (Los Gatos, California)
Andrew Lamb (Andrew.lamb) CEO of Engineers Without Borders UK; RedR; UNESCO (London, UK)
Joel Scott (Joel.scott Attorney (Bay Area, California)
Past directors:
Catherine Laine (Claine1) Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (Boston, Massachusetts)

For more details see Appropedia:Board of Directors.

Details

The Appropedia Foundation is a California non-profit organization and has 501(c)(3)W status under United States law. The Foundation's Federal EIN (Tax ID) is 20-8982657.

Announcements

Via the Appropedia Blog: <rss number=8 title=off>http://blogs.appropedia.org/tag/announcements/feed/</rss>

Notes

  1. The Foundation actively supports related projects in open knowledge, sustainability, development and service learning in related areas. This is done on an informal basis - there are currently no formal projects or associated projects, apart from the Appropedia wiki site and blog.

See also


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