Mr Kapor, who was the founder of PC software pioneer Lotus Development, will step down from the OSAF board later this year. The organisation will also cut its paid staff numbers from its present 27 to just ten full-time employees.
OSAF chief executive Katie Capps Parlente – who will take Mr Kapor’s seat on the board – said the organisation was at a crossroads following the release of its Chandler group collaboration software.
“The next phase of the project is about growing the user base, building the community, and diversifying our funding sources,” Ms Capps Parlente said on a blog.
“OSAF has been primarily funded by one person up to this point, Mitch Kapor. Our goal going forward is to modify our organisation and our funding model to grow into a publicly supported community project, not propelled by one individual,” she said.
“I will be leading the next phase of the project, and Mitch will be winding down his role on the project. Mitch will provide transitional financial assistance to support the organisation through 2008.”
Chandler is an open source, standards-based calendar and task manager built around small group collaboration and a core set of information management workflows modeled on Inbox usage patterns.
Users manage and share calendars, tasks, messages, and notes with the Chandler Desktop application and with the Chandler Hub web application.
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