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<span style="font-size: larger"><center>'''Please Donate'''</center></span>
 
<span style="font-size: larger"><center>'''Please Donate'''</center></span>
  
Through our fiscal sponsor, [http://spi-inc.org/donations Software in the Public Interest, Inc.], you can donate to the O|B|F, including [https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=66788# online by credit card]. Donations made through SPI are 501(c)3 tax-exempt in the US. (SPI also has a charitable partner organization in Europe.) Your contribution helps fund a growing community of people committed to developing reusable open-source software for advancing biological research.  
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Through our fiscal sponsor, [http://spi-inc.org/donations Software in the Public Interest, Inc.], you can donate to the OBF, including [https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=66788# online by credit card]. Donations made through SPI are 501(c)3 tax-exempt in the US. (SPI also has a charitable partner organization in Europe.) Your contribution helps fund a growing community of people committed to developing reusable open-source software for advancing biological research.  
 
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See also our [[News|news page]], and [http://twitter.com/obf_news twitter].
 
See also our [[News|news page]], and [http://twitter.com/obf_news twitter].
 
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===About Us===
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== About Us ==
  
The Open Bioinformatics Foundation or O|B|F is a non-profit, volunteer-run group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of [[wp:open source|Open Source]] software development and [[wp:Open science|Open Science]] within the biological research community.
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The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) is a non-profit, volunteer-run group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of [[wp:open source|Open Source]] software development and [[wp:Open science|Open Science]] within the biological research community.
  
 
Our main activities are:
 
Our main activities are:
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* Organizing and supporting developer-centric "[[Hackathon]]" events.
 
* Organizing and supporting developer-centric "[[Hackathon]]" events.
 
* [[Google Summer of Code| Participating in the Google Summer of Code program]] on behalf of our [[Projects| member projects]] as an umbrella mentoring organization.
 
* [[Google Summer of Code| Participating in the Google Summer of Code program]] on behalf of our [[Projects| member projects]] as an umbrella mentoring organization.
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* Running the [https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/blob/master/Travel_fellowships.md OBF Travel Fellowship] program ([http://news.open-bio.org/2016/03/01/obf-travel-fellowship-program/ launched March 2016]).
 
* Managing servers, colocation facilities, bank account, domain names, and other assets for the benefit of our [[Projects| member projects]].
 
* Managing servers, colocation facilities, bank account, domain names, and other assets for the benefit of our [[Projects| member projects]].
 
* Public opinion and policy statements about matters related to Open Source and Open Science in bioinformatics.
 
* Public opinion and policy statements about matters related to Open Source and Open Science in bioinformatics.
  
As of October 12, 2012, the O|B|F is a [http://www.spi-inc.org Software in the Public Interest, Inc.] (SPI) associated project.
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The Foundation does not participate directly in the development or structure of the open source work, but as the members of the foundation are drawn from our projects' developer communities, there is clear commonality of direction and purpose.
* [[:File:OBF-Bylaws.pdf| Our bylaws]], with the [https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/pull/8 changes] approved on Sep 11, 2012.
 
  
=== History ===
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The OBF is governed by a [[Board|Board of Directors]]. [[media:OBF-Bylaws.pdf|Our bylaws]] lay out how the Board is elected, holds public meetings, and conducts its business, as well as the scope and role of our [[membership]]. OBF is an associated project with [http://spi-inc.org/ Software In The Public Interest, Inc.], a fiscal sponsorship organization, and through SPI we can accept tax-exempt charitable donations.
  
O|B|F grew out of the volunteer projects [[BioPerl]], [[BioJava]] and [[Biopython]] and was formally incorporated in 2001 in order to handle modest requirements of hardware ownership, domain name management and funding for conferences and workshops. The Foundation does not participate directly in the development or structure of the open source work, but as the members of the foundation are drawn from our projects' developer communities, there is clear commonality of direction and purpose.
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'''The OBF is open to anyone who is interested in promoting open source bioinformatics / open science. Please see the [[Open_Bioinformatics_Foundation:Membership_application|Membership page]] for more information.'''
  
===BOSC===
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== History ==
The [[BOSC|Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC)]] is held annually in conjunction with [http://www.iscb.org ISCB's] meeting, ISMB.
 
  
[[BOSC 2013]] will take place July 17-18, right before [http://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2013 ISMB/ECCB 2013] in Berlin, Germany.
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OBF grew out of the volunteer projects [[BioPerl]], [[BioJava]] and [[Biopython]] and was formally incorporated in 2001 in order to handle modest requirements of hardware ownership, domain name management and funding for conferences and workshops. In 2005, we enacted [[:File:OBF-Bylaws.pdf| bylaws]] for the first time, and along with it created a formal membership.
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In 2012, we decided to give up our own incorporation to associate ourselves with [http://spi-inc.org/ Software In The Public Interest, Inc.], a fiscal sponsorship organization that we felt aligned well with our own values and culture. The bylaws [https://github.com/OBF/obf-docs/pull/8 underwent a series of changes], in part to better reflect our current practices, and in part to pave the way for joining SPI. The changes [[Minutes:2012_Sep_ConfCall| were approved on Sep 11, 2012]], [http://vote.heliosvoting.org/helios/e/OBFjoiningSPI our membership overwhelmingly approved of associating with SPI], and as of October 12, 2012, OBF is a SPI-associated project.
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== BOSC ==
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The [[BOSC|Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC)]] has been held annually in conjunction with [http://www.iscb.org ISCB's] meeting, ISMB, for the past 20 years. [[BOSC 2017]] took place in July 2017, right before [https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2017 ISMB 2017] in Prague, Czech Republic.
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For 2018, we are trying something different and holding BOSC along with the Galaxy Community Conference in a new unified event ([https://gccbosc2018.sched.com/ GCC BOSC 2018]), which will take place in Portland, Oregon, June 25-30.
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We typically run an informal [[Codefest]] collaborative meeting before each BOSC.

Latest revision as of 15:52, 20 December 2017

Please Donate

Through our fiscal sponsor, Software in the Public Interest, Inc., you can donate to the OBF, including online by credit card. Donations made through SPI are 501(c)3 tax-exempt in the US. (SPI also has a charitable partner organization in Europe.) Your contribution helps fund a growing community of people committed to developing reusable open-source software for advancing biological research.

Open Data, Open Doors

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See also our news page, and twitter.

About Us

The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) is a non-profit, volunteer-run group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of Open Source software development and Open Science within the biological research community.

Our main activities are:

The Foundation does not participate directly in the development or structure of the open source work, but as the members of the foundation are drawn from our projects' developer communities, there is clear commonality of direction and purpose.

The OBF is governed by a Board of Directors. Our bylaws lay out how the Board is elected, holds public meetings, and conducts its business, as well as the scope and role of our membership. OBF is an associated project with Software In The Public Interest, Inc., a fiscal sponsorship organization, and through SPI we can accept tax-exempt charitable donations.

The OBF is open to anyone who is interested in promoting open source bioinformatics / open science. Please see the Membership page for more information.

History

OBF grew out of the volunteer projects BioPerl, BioJava and Biopython and was formally incorporated in 2001 in order to handle modest requirements of hardware ownership, domain name management and funding for conferences and workshops. In 2005, we enacted bylaws for the first time, and along with it created a formal membership.

In 2012, we decided to give up our own incorporation to associate ourselves with Software In The Public Interest, Inc., a fiscal sponsorship organization that we felt aligned well with our own values and culture. The bylaws underwent a series of changes, in part to better reflect our current practices, and in part to pave the way for joining SPI. The changes were approved on Sep 11, 2012, our membership overwhelmingly approved of associating with SPI, and as of October 12, 2012, OBF is a SPI-associated project.

BOSC

The Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) has been held annually in conjunction with ISCB's meeting, ISMB, for the past 20 years. BOSC 2017 took place in July 2017, right before ISMB 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic.

For 2018, we are trying something different and holding BOSC along with the Galaxy Community Conference in a new unified event (GCC BOSC 2018), which will take place in Portland, Oregon, June 25-30.

We typically run an informal Codefest collaborative meeting before each BOSC.