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7*4882a593Smuzhiyun	<div class="panel-heading">Association</div>
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10*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>The Buildroot open-source project is supported by a
11*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  non-profit organization called the <strong>Buildroot
12*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  Association</strong>. The goal of this non-profit
13*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  organization is <strong>to engage actions to promote, help
14*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  develop and democratise the Buildroot project</strong>.</p>
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16*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>This non-profit organization is registered as a legal
17*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  entity in France, more precisely as an <em>association loi
18*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  1901</em>.</p>
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20*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>This organization can receive funding from members,
21*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  donors and sponsors. This funding is then used to pay for:</p>
22*4882a593Smuzhiyun
23*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <ul>
24*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    <li>the meeting rooms used during the Buildroot
25*4882a593Smuzhiyun	      Developers Meeting twice per year;</li>
26*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    <li>travel expenses for contributors
27*4882a593Smuzhiyun	      willing to attend the Buildroot Developers
28*4882a593Smuzhiyun	      Meeting, and not covered by their employer to do
29*4882a593Smuzhiyun	      so;</li>
30*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    <li>renting servers and services used to host the
31*4882a593Smuzhiyun	      Buildroot infrastructure.</li>
32*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  </ul>
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34*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>The bylaws of the association are available
35*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  in <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/master/statuts_fr.txt">French</a>
36*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  (official) and
37*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  in <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/blob/master/statutes_en.txt">English</a>
38*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  (unofficial translation). The association was declared on
39*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  March 14, 2016 to the <em>Préfecture de Haute-Garonne</em>
40*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  (France) and is registered under the n°W313024278. See this
41*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  official <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/blob/master/pdf/Recepisse_CR.pdf">receipt</a>
42*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  from the French authorities.</p>
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44*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>Our accounting is fully public, including the bank
45*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  account summaries,
46*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  see <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/tree/master/accounting">accounting</a>. Numerous
47*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  other administrative documents related to the association
48*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  are available on
49*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  its <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/">Github
50*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  repository</a></p>
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55*4882a593Smuzhiyun	<div class="panel-heading">Becoming a member</div>
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58*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>To become a member, an individual or a company simply has
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  to pay its yearly membership. For an individual, the minimum
60*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  membership fee per year is 10 EUR. For a company, the
61*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  minimum membership fee per year is 150 EUR. Individuals and
62*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  companies are free to give more than the minimum
63*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  required.</p>
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65*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>The membership is valid for the current civil year, i.e
66*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  any membership fee paid in 2019 is valid through December 31,
67*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  2019.</p>
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69*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>Once the membership fee is received, it will be listed in
70*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  the
71*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  association <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/tree/master/accounting">accounting</a>
72*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  files, which serve as the official list of
73*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  members. Therefore, members accept that their name and the
74*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  amount of their membership fee is made public.</p>
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76*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>There are two possibilities to pay the membership
77*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  fee:</p>
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79*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <ul>
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81*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    <li>A direct wire-transfer to the association bank
82*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    account. Since the bank account is located in France, this
83*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    is completely free of charge for any person or company
84*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    located in the European Union. The IBAN number of the
85*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    association bank account is <code>FR53 2004 1010 1615 0958
86*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    0P03 772</code>.</li>
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88*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    <li>A Paypal payment to the association Paypal account,
89*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    whose address
90*4882a593Smuzhiyun	    is <code>buildroot-association@buildroot.org</code>.</li>
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92*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  </ul>
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98*4882a593Smuzhiyun	<div class="panel-heading">Sponsoring the project</div>
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101*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>Companies willing to help the Buildroot project can do so
102*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  by making a donation to the <em>Buildroot
103*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  Association</em>. In exchange for these donations, companies
104*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  will be listed on our <a href="/sponsors.html">Sponsors</a>
105*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  page and will be thanked in our release announcements.</p>
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107*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>As the <em>Buildroot Association</em> is a legal entity
108*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  registered in France, it is able to deliver a bill and/or
109*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  receipt.</p>
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111*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  <p>Please
112*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  contact <a href="mailto:buildroot-association@buildroot.org">buildroot-association@buildroot.org</a>
113*4882a593Smuzhiyun	  if you are a company interested in making a donation.</p>
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