NO COMMUNITY IS AN ISLAND

Dear Community,

Before diving into the exciting news from the FINOS-sphere, my heart goes out to all of the communities, like my home country, currently impacted by COVID-19. 

The great news is that, despite the world being faced with this unprecedented crisis, we are seeing our momentum continue to grow in existing projects and new opportunities. So, if there’s a silver lining, I believe the world is re-discovering the joy of collaborating for a greater purpose, one that none of us can solve individually and very much in the spirit that open source Communities have embodied since their inception. So I am thankful for being a part of this movement, since, as I shared in this blog post, the Open Source movement will come out stronger on the other side of this crisis.

Now, that doesn’t mean our Foundation, like any other business, will not need to adapt and so we published this Open Letter to the Community detailing our response to COVID-19. Keep reading to learn the many exciting opportunities we are creating for our Community to engage in the age of social distancing.

I hope you enjoy the updates from the team as there’s so much happening (and much more to come in the next weeks!), but in the meanwhile I wish for all of you to stay healthy and safe.

Gab

WRAPPING UP A YEAR OF GROWTH

In this issue of the FINOS newsletter we highlight key activities from the last quarter including project announcements, new members joining, great events and informative reports. It’s been an exciting year of growth with 7 new members joining, an increase of over 100% in community participants and 5 new projects contributed to the Foundation. We hope you’ll stay involved (or get involved) as we do even more to accelerate open source development in financial services in 2020. Read on to learn more

New Members, Projects, Releases and Community Engagement

In this issue of the FINOS newsletter, we welcome new Platinum, Gold, and Silver members, highlight new code releases and projects, celebrate our community and give you new ways to get involved. Read on to learn more. 

New members, new standards and more

In this issue of the FINOS newsletter, as we approach one year since FINOS was launched, we celebrate the continuous growth of our Community, highlighting notable achievements across a number of our programs and our continually growing roster of members.

From releasing new standards for the financial desktop, to providing guidance on open source license compliance to discussing the evolution of decentralized ecosystems, we've got it all covered. Read on to learn more and find out how to get involved:

Deepening Open source engagement in 2019

Does 2018 already feel like a distant memory? Surely it's been more than a month since you were gathered around a table with friends and families, catching some sun, cruising some slopes or just enjoying time to yourself. At FINOS we did enjoy some time off but have been back to work reflecting on the successes and challenges of 2018 and figuring out how to help the financial services industry move the needle of open source engagement in 2019. It's hard to believe we started this exciting journey only 9 months ago....but we have some evidence, so check out our oldie but goodie, FINOS launch keynote!

Read Q4 2018 highlights below, which include the launch of three new programs and a fantastic OSSF.

2019 is shaping up to be an exciting year and we hope you will get involved. With 11 active Programs (working groups and projects focused on a specific area) and new Members and participants joining every month there is plenty to discover and deliver. Look for more announcements soon about our programs and events and get in touch if you have questions or can't find what you are looking for.