Foundation board
The role of the board is to provide operational and organizational support to the NixOS project and community.
In particular, its responsibilities are to:
- Handle the administrative, legal and financial tasks of the Foundation
- Serve as an interface between the community and the
corporate/governmental world
- Handle sponsoring and donations
- Build and maintain beneficial and collaborative relationships
- Provide a framework for teams to self-organise
- Hand out the credentials and permissions as needed by the teams work
- Fund community events and efforts
- Unblock things that would be stuck otherwise
- Arbiter in case of conflicts
- Serve as a backup for critical tasks when needed
The board is not responsible for technical leadership, decisions or direction.