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+{%
+# Copyright 2005-2008, James Garrison
+# Copyright 2010, Bradley M. Kuhn
+
+# This software's license gives you freedom; you can copy, convey,
+# propagate, redistribute, modify and/or redistribute modified versions of
+# this program under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# (AGPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), either
+# version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version of the
+# AGPL published by the FSF.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Affero
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program in a file in the toplevel directory called
+# "AGPLv3".  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# req.subprocess_env is not set when the PostReadRequestHandler runs,
+# so we just bypass it altogether and set the relevant variable here.
+# See deployment documentation for more info.
+
+{% extends "base_conservancy.html" %}
+{% block outercontent %}
+    <div id="container">
+         <div id="sidebar" class="{% block submenuselection %}other{% endblock %}">
+            <h2>{% block category %}About{% endblock %}</h2>
+            <ul>
+            <li class="Contact"><a href="/about/contact">Contact</a></li>
+            <li class="Directors"><a href="/about/board/">Directors</a></li>
+            <li class="Officers"><a href="/about/officers/">Officers</a></li>
+            <li class="Staff"><a href="/about/officers/">Staff</a></li>
+            </ul>
+         </div>
+               <div id="mainContent">{% block content %}{% endblock %}
+               </div>
+   </div>
+{% endblock %}