==UnaMesa as a public trust==

**UnaMesa** was founded on the belief that we can and must do better in supporting our best educators, health-care workers, and others who serve beyond their self-interest. **UnaMesa** provides the legal, technical, and financial infrastructure to bring these practitioners together with technologists and others to create new ways of working that improve the quality of experience for everyone.

Participation in these projects is open to anyone who agrees to contribute their work to be held in trust by the **UnaMesa Association** for public benefit in order to:
* guarantee that all practitioners have access to these tools,
* ensure that practitioners have the rights and ability to continually improve these tools

When appropriate, **UnaMesa** purchases digital works from authors on behalf of the community. We also support the ongoing maintenance and upgrading of software that serves critical community infrastructure like record sharing.