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The Peer-Directed Projects Center (PDPC), founded in 2002, is an organisation lead and solely operated by Rob Levin (President and Executive Director) which runs the freenode IRC Network and other similar peer-directed projects.
The PDPC is incorporated in the state of Texas, USA; and is an IRS 501(c)(3) charitable and educational organization.
Corporate goals
The PDPC website describes themselves as:
- Peer-Directed Projects Center, an IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation, was created to run the freenode network and to establish a variety of programs relating to peer-directed project communities. Contributions to PDPC provide resources to help us establish those programs.
According to their charter, the PDPC exists "to help peer-directed project communities flourish", mostly based around free and open source software projects, and encouraging the use of free software through supporting it's development.
Although the PDPC is mostly based around the freenode IRC Network, their website says there may be future projects to which the PDPC is investigating, seeking funding to take on charitable social services projects for the communities.
Fundraising and volunteer staff
PDPC has one full-time paid staff member, the executive director, Rob Levin. The board members are:
- Robert Levin, President
- Christopher Mills, Treasurer
- Seth Schoen, Secretary
- Phil Stracchino
Freenode has in the past run fundraisers, which are publicised on the freenode IRC network and website. People who donate to PDPC receive special "user cloaks" on the IRC network as a sign of their support.
See also
External links
- Overview of PDPC
- Buy a piece of Net nostalgia for $5,000 –The Register article critical of the PDPC