Hello, Louis Tatta here, CEO of The C++ Alliance, Inc, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the support of C++. This is our 2023 transparency report regarding our charitable work for the Boost C++ Library Collection. First, some background on our operations. The C++ Alliance seeks out the highly talented and experienced C++ experts and hires them, usually full-time, so they can focus completely on their open-source projects. Our Staff Engineers maintain existing Boost libraries, write new Boost libraries, and contribute to other Boost projects. We employ IT experts full-time to maintain and improve the infrastructure which supports Boost, including the legacy web server, the Drone continuous integration servers, the scripts used to deploy GitHub Actions for Boost repositories, and the scripts which publish the Boost release. In addition, we provide on-demand technical support services for Boost authors and maintainers who have infrastructure related problems. The Boost Mailing List continues to be the premier place for high-quality discussion of the Boost libraries and tangential C++ Standards related topics. The C++ Alliance supports the use of the mailing lists going forward. We are upgrading it to the latest Mailman version, and building an optional web-based front-end allowing interaction using only a browser. We continue to operate the Official C++ Language Slack Workspace (https://cpp.al/slack) which hosts the most popular interactive discussions regarding the Boost libraries. The C++ Alliance sponsors a paid plan to provide full history, video and audio conferences, collaboration tools, and unlimited document storage for seventeen dedicated Boost library channels and one main Boost discussion channel. Our largest project for 2023 is the continuation of work on the new Boost website. The new site is a C++ social media portal with rich support for user-generated content, and a powerful back-end which has visibility into the contributions made on GitHub and the release process. This allows us to deliver an elevated user experience with the hopes of attracting fresh talent to Boost. Also,note that the graphics on the website are hand-drawn by our contract artist and reflect our level of commitment to ensure that Boost, to put it simply, looks good. In 2023 there were a total of four Boost Formal Reviews. One of the reviewed libraries is authored by a C++ Alliance Staff Engineer. Three of the reviews were managed by C++ Alliance team members. Out of a total of twenty-eight submitted reviews for the year, twelve were from C++ Alliance team members. Last year we increased our efforts to build Boost’s social media presence. There were a total of twelve messages from the @Boost_Libraries X (formerly Twitter) account, all submitted by C++ Alliance team members. Three of them contained artwork from Bob Ostrom commissioned by us. Messages containing images get three times more engagement than text-only messages. We believe that the X platform has unique strategic value for informing newer generations about the Boost value proposition. A total of $1,768,000 was spent on Boost-related contributions, broken down thusly (and rounded to the nearest thousand): Staff Engineers Compensation $1,240,000 Website Software Development $570,000 Server Hosting $62,000 C++ Slack Workspace $96,000 Conference Sponsorship $10,000 Conference Attendance $10,000 During 2023 we employed a total of 12 individuals to contribute to Boost. Here is a high-level summary of accomplishments: Sam Darwin (Chief Technical Officer) * Boost website maintenance and administration * Boost per-pull-request documentation previews * Boost Release Process development, maintenance, and administration * Boost Mailman services maintenance and upgrade * Boost GitHub Actions self-hosted runner project development * Boost Drone service administration and maintenance * New Boost website deployment, administration, and development Dmitry Arkhipov (Staff Engineer) * Boost.JSON maintenance Alan de Freitas (Staff Engineer) * Boost.URL maintenance * Mr. Docs project management (https://mrdocs.com) * GitHub actions support scripts for Boost CI (https://alandefreitas.github.io/cpp-actions/cpp-actions/index.html) Christian Mazakas (Staff Engineer) * Boost.Unordered evolution project * Boost.Buffers development (new library) * Boost.Http.Proto, Boost.Http.Io development (new libraries) * Boost.Websocket.Proto, Boost.Websocket.Io development (new libraries) Krystian Stasiowski (Staff Engineer) * Boost.StaticString maintenance * Mr. Docs Lead engineer (https://mrdocs.com/) * Clang/LLVM contributions Peter Turcan (Senior Technical Writer) * Boost User Guide development (new documentation) * Boost Contributor Guide (new documentation) * Boost Formal Reviews (new documentation) Matt Borland (Staff Engineer) * Boost.Charconv (new, accepted library) Ruben Perez * Boost.MySQL maintenance (new, accepted library) * User Guide, Contributor Guide contribution (new documentation) Mohammad Nejati (Staff Engineer) * Boost website full-text search feature * Boost.Beast maintenance Fernando Pelliccioni (Staff Engineer) * Mr. Docs development (https://mrdocs.com/) Spencer Strickland (Senior Web Developer) * New website front-end and scripting Klemens Morgenstern (Staff Engineer) * Boost.Beast maintenance * Boost.Cobalt (new, accepted library) Joaquin M Lopez Munoz (Staff Engineer) * Boost.Unordered evolution project lead * Boost Contributor Guide contributions (new documentation) Our sources of funding are secure and we look forward to continuing our charitable contributions throughout this decade and beyond. It is an honor and a pleasure to support the Boost C++ Library collection. Thank You Louis Tatta