Serving the FOSS developer community is FOSDEM's goal. We live by its grace. That is more than just fluffy talk. I believe FOSDEM to currently be fairly well p

Serving the FOSS developer community is FOSDEM's goal. We live by its grace. That is more than just fluffy talk. I believe FOSDEM to currently be fairly well positioned to keep that focus: - I like to hope/think FOSDEM's financial situation is close to an optimum: healthy enough to guarantee our editorial independence, but not interesting enough to attract vultures sophisticated enough to distract us from our goal. - Our formal structure should shield us from takeover attempts fairly well. - I have every reason trust my fellow board members. We are individuals with alternatives. We actively choose to convert part of our energy into volunteering for FOSDEM instead of into money in our bank accounts. - We have a physical allergy to tech marketing rear end talk. - Each of us can tap into an incredibly talented and powerful pool of community allies. - We actually try to look at opportunities and pitfalls now and then. That probably distiguishes us from >95% of all organisations.