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2004-04-18 18:33:55 +00:00
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<h1>GNOME Foundation News</h1>
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2004-09-14 15:44:02 +00:00
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<strong>Anonymous Voting Referendum</strong>
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<small>(14/09/2004)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The GNOME Foundation will hold a <a
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href="../referenda/2004-10/">referendum</a> about anonymous voting
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in a few weeks. Take a look at the <a
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href="../referenda/2004-10/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
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2003-12-20 23:58:47 +00:00
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<strong>Results of 2003 elections official</strong>
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<small>(20/12/2003)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce that the results for the 2003 GNOME Foundation elections
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are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2003/2004
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term of office are:
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<br /><br />
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Jonathan Blandford, Dave Camp, Glynn Foster, Nat Friedman, Jody
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Goldberg, Bill Haneman, Leslie Proctor, Owen Taylor, Malcolm
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Tredinnick, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh.
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2003-12-12 14:49:22 +00:00
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<strong>Preliminary results of 2003 elections announced</strong>
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<small>(11/12/2003)</small>
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The preliminary results of the elections have been <a
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href="elections/2003/preliminary-results.html">posted</a>.
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2003-12-12 15:14:29 +00:00
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You can <a href="elections/2003/verify.html">verify the results</a>
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2003-12-12 14:49:22 +00:00
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yourself.
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Any challenges to these results must be received by December 19th.
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2003-11-06 04:49:46 +00:00
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<strong>GUADEC 2004 slated for Norway</strong>
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<small>(04/11/2003)</small>
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2003-11-10 10:08:10 +00:00
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The fifth annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference
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(GUADEC) will draw businesses, government, education and end users to
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Kristiansand, Norway June 28-30, 2004. See <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/guadec5.html">press
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release</a>.
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2003-11-06 04:49:46 +00:00
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2003-11-06 04:52:54 +00:00
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2003-11-02 05:06:55 +00:00
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<strong>2003 GNOME Foundation Elections</strong>
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<small>(22/10/2003)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="../elections/2003/">elections</a> will
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begin in November. If you want to run for these elections, you have to
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nominate yourself before November 7th. Take a look at the <a
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href="../elections/2003/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
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<strong>GUADEC 2003 to attract global audience of GNOME developers and
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enthusiasts</strong>
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2003-11-10 10:08:10 +00:00
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<small>(18/02/2003)</small>
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2003-11-02 05:06:55 +00:00
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Free software luminaries, open source developers gather to advance the
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next generation of the multi-platform desktop environment in June,
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Dublin Ireland.
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<strong>GNOME Foundation and Bitstream Inc. announce long-term
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agreement to bring high quality fonts to Free Software</strong>
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<small>(12/21/2002)</small>
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Ten fonts will be released for use under a special open license
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agreement, giving advanced font capabilities to all free and open
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source software developers and users.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>Results of 2002 elections official</strong>
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<small>(12/21/2002)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce that the results for the 2002 GNOME Foundation elections
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are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2002/2003
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term of office are:
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<br /><br />
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Jonathan Blandford, Miguel de Icaza, Glynn Foster, Nat Friedman,
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Jim Gettys, Jody Goldberg, Bill Haneman, James Henstridge, Daniel
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Veillard, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>2002 GNOME Foundation Elections</strong>
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<small>(11/20/2002)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="../elections/2002/">elections</a> have
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begun. There are 23 <a
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href="../elections/2002/candidates.html">candidates</a> running for
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these elections.
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<strong>Foundation By-laws Posted</strong>
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<small>(09/24/2002)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="../about/bylaws.pdf">by-laws</a> have
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now been posted in PDF format.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>Foundation Membership Renewal Exercise</strong>
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<small>(08/31/2002)</small>
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We are currently working to renew all old-style GNOME Foundation
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memberships under the new rules, available <a
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href="../membership/">here</a>. Affected members will receive mail
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today explaining what they need to do.
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<strong>Friends of GNOME Fundraising Program</strong>
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<small>(07/17/2002)</small>
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The Friends of GNOME program has been launched to help raise funds
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for development, education and promotion for GNOME worldwide. The
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/summit/">GNOME Summit</a> is one
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event which is supported through the generosity of this program.
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<strong>Results of 2001 election official</strong>
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<small>(12/07/2001)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee are pleased
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to announce the following members as official Foundation board
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directors for the 2001/2002 term of office:
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Jonathan Blandford, Miguel de Icaza, Nat Friedman, Jim Gettys, Jody
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Goldberg, Telsa Gwynne, James Henstridge, George Lebl, Federico
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Mena-Quintero, Havoc Pennington and Daniel Veillard.
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<strong>Preliminary results of 2001 election announced</strong>
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<small>(11/27/2001)</small>
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The preliminary results of the election have been <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00037.html">posted</a>.
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Any challenges to these results must be received by December 4.
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<strong>2001 Final list of election Candidates Announced</strong>
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<small>(11/10/2001)</small>
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All 2001 election candidates have been compiled into a <a
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href="../elections/2001/candidates.html">Final List of
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Candidates</a>. Voting begins on the 20th November and finishes on
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the 27th November.
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<strong>2001 Election Schedule Announced</strong>
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<small>(10/22/2001)</small>
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The 2001 elections for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors has
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been <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2001-October/msg00050.html">announced</a>.<br />
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The announcement includes the timeline and details for who is
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eligible for nomination and to vote.
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<strong>Tim Ney Joins GNOME Foundation as Executive Director</strong>
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<small>(08/22/2001)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce that Tim Ney is
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joining the GNOME Foundation as its executive director. For more
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information, see the <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/ney_execdir.html">press
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release</a> and the <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2001-August/msg00027.html">announcement</a>
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sent by Havoc Pennington.
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<strong>New Membership Policy Adopted</strong>
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<small>(07/12/2001)</small>
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A new <a href="../membership/">membership qualification policy</a>
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has been adopted and the GNOME Foundation Membership has been
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re-opened to new members. If you would like to become a member,
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please <a href="../membership/application.php">apply here</a>.
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<strong>Board Meeting Minutes</strong>
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<small>(biweekly)</small>
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Minutes from the most recent board meeting can always be found in
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the <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/">foundation-announce
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mailing list archives</a>.
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