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Home :
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<a NAME="News"></a><b>News</b>:
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A new <a href="membership-policy.html">membership qualification
policy</a> has been adopted and the GNOME Foundation Membership
has been re-opened to new members. If you would like to become
a member, please <a href="membership-form.html">apply here</a>.
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Minutes from the most recent board meeting can always be found in
the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/">
foundation-announce mailing list archives</a>.
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<a NAME="Introduction"></a><b>Introduction</b> <br>The GNOME
project has built a complete free and easy-to-use desktop environment for
the user, as well as a powerful application framework for the software
developer. GNOME is part of the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/">GNU project</a>,
and is free software (some times referred to as open source software.)
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The GNOME Foundation will work to further the goals of the GNOME project.
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To achieve these goals, the Foundation will coordinate releases of GNOME
and determine which projects are part of GNOME. The Foundation will act
as an official voice for the GNOME project, providing a means of communication
with the press and with commercial and noncommercial organizations interested
in GNOME software. The foundation may produce educational materials and
documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software. In addition,
it may sponsor GNOME-related technical conferences, represent GNOME at
relevant conferences sponsored by others, help create technical standards
for the project and promote the use and development of GNOME software.
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<a NAME="Board of Directors"></a><b>Board of Directors</b>
<br>The GNOME Foundation is run by a Board of Directors, which was elected
by the entire GNOME community and consists of <em>Miguel de Icaza</em>,
<em>Bart Decrem</em>, <em>Jim Gettys</em>, <em>John Heard</em>,
<em>Raph Levien</em>, <em>Federico Mena Quintero</em>, <em>Dan Mueth</em>,
<em>Havoc Pennington</em>, <em>Maciej Stachowiak</em>, <em>Owen Taylor</em>
and <em>Daniel Veillard</em>. If you would like to contact the Board
of Directors, you can email them at <a
href="mailto:board@gnome.org">board@gnome.org</a>.
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<a NAME="Advisory Board"></a><b>Advisory Board</b>
<br>In addition to the Foundation's Board of Directors, there is also an
Advisory Board, made up of organizations and companies that are supporting
GNOME. The Advisory Board has no decision-making authority but provides
a vehicle for its members to communicate with the Board of Directors. Current
Advisory Board members include <em>Borland</em>, <em>Compaq</em>, <em>Debian
Project</em>, <em>Free Software Foundation</em>, <em>Gnumatic</em>,
<em>Hewlett-Packard</em>, <em>IBM</em>, <em>MandrakeSoft, Object
Management Group</em>, <em>Red Flag Linux</em>, <em>Red Hat</em>, <em>Sun
Microsystems</em>, <em>TurboLinux</em>, <em>VA Linux</em> and <em>Ximian</em>.
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<a NAME="Membership"></a><b>Membership</b>
<br>The Membership consists of all GNOME contributors who wish
to become part of the Membership and go through the application
process. Members can run for election to the Board of Directors,
vote in the elections for the Board of Directors, and suggest
referenda. If you are a GNOME contributor and would like to become
a member of the Foundation, <a href="membership-form.html">apply
here</a>. If you aren't sure if you qualify, read the
<a href="membership-policy.html">Membership Policy</a>. You
can also browse the <a href="membership-list.html">current membership
list</a>.
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<a NAME="Other Foundation-Related Materials"></a><b>Other
Foundation-Related Materials:</b>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><a href="http://www.gnome.org/pr-foundation.html">Press
release announcing the creation of the foundation</a></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; ">Mailing lists: </div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><b><a href="mailto:foundation-announce@gnome.org">foundation-announce@gnome.org</a></b>(<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce">archive</a>|
<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce">subscription
page</a>) is for foundation-related announcements. </div>
<b><a href="mailto:foundation-list@gnome.org">foundation-list@gnome.org</a></b>(<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list">archive</a>|
<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list">subscription
page</a>) is for all foundation-related discussions, including discussions
about candidacy statements. Minutes from board meetings are also posted
here.
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