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As the leader of MusicBrainz, I am also the executive director of the MetaBrainz Foundation, the non-profit legal parent of MusicBrainz. As the ED, I wear many hats -- here is my current job description:

Executive Director of the MetaBrainz Foundation

Server maintenance

  • Hardware purchasing/acquistion of used hardware

  • Colocation issues/contracts/maintenance

  • Managing hardware costs and future planning

  • Manage off-site servers (nl., test.)

Business Development

  • Conferences/tradeshows/schmoozing/maintaining contacts for MusicBrainz

  • Meetings with potential partners/licensees

  • New licenses sales

  • Managing and soliciting sponsors

  • Raise funds for further server development

Development

  • mb_server (and too little of it)

  • lucene searching

Legal Department

  • Licenses for data/software/web services

  • Contracts for data/licenses/web services

  • Interacting with lawyers

  • Find pro bono lawyers

Community Relations

  • Answering questions in IRC/mail/blog/mailing lists

  • Conflict resolution

  • Managing developers

Foundation Issues

  • metabrainz.org web site/donation tracking

  • State/federal filing requirements

  • Board of directors management/meetings

Accounting

  • Keep general books, manage invoices, pay bills

  • File tax reports/manage accountants

  • Post monthly financial results

  • Manage bank accounts/investments

Support

  • Answer support@ emails, with help from Wolfsong

  • Help partners/licensees (at least have support@ team help

 
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