SPI invited X.Org to join as Associated Project

[Peter Hutterer]

Dear X.Org Foundation members,

As you're probably aware, the Board of Directors has been pursuing to join
SPI for quite a while now. Today, the SPI Board unanimously voted to
formally invite the X.Org Foundation to become an Associated Project. This
vote has been a while in the making and we're proud that we're now on the
home stretch.  Joing SPI removes much of the legal and accounting
administrative work from the X.Org Board, leaving us to focus on the things
we should be doing: promoting X, Wayland, Open Graphics, organizing
developer conferences and promoting graphics development through
participation in coding programs (GSoC, OPW, EVoC).

Merging with SPI also means that we should finally be able to accept
donations from individuals, instead of companies only.
 
As required by our by-laws, we will soon set up a vote for members to
vote yay or nay on joining SPI. While we are at it, we will also propose a
few changes to the by-laws to acknowledge the broadening of the
Foundation's scope to mesa, DRM and wayland.

Cheers,
  Peter, on behalf of the X.Org BoD