GNOME Foundation News

• GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul (28/02/2008)

  The ninth GUADEC, the annual GNOME conference, will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from the 7th to the 12th of July 2008. The conference will bring together the GNOME development and user community and key personalities from businesses and governments, to discuss the future direction of the GNOME project. Read the press release.

• GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects (27/02/2008)

  The GNOME Foundation is running an accessibility outreach program, offering USD$50,000 to be split among individuals. This program will promote software accessibility awareness among the GNOME community as well as harden and improve the overall quality of the GNOME accessibility offering. Read the full announcement.

• Fall 2007 Board of Directors election official results announced (25/12/2007)

  Yearly election for Board of Directors of GNOME Foundation ended. There were no challenges to preliminary results and new board members were announced. Elected board will serve for a period of 18 months.

• Fall 2007 Board of Directors election period begins (03/11/2007)

  Yearly election for Board of Directors of GNOME Foundation has begun. Announcement from Elections & Membership Committee was sent to foundation-announce mailing list. Time line and information about the election can be viewed from announcement mail.

• Notification of membership vote regarding change to bylaws (07/09/2007)

  The Board is proposing a change to the GNOME Foundation bylaws to allow the directors to determine the length of the next Board term when elections are called. An earlier proposal was discussed on foundation-list in August, and this modified proposal is a result of legal advice to the Board, suggesting that we change the bylaws to provide flexibility in future.

  The voting period will begin on 2007-09-28 and end on 2007-10-12.

• Igalia joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board (14/06/2007)

  Following its increasing involvement in GNOME, Igalia is joining the GNOME Foundation as an Advisory Board member.
  See the announcement for more information.

• Canonical joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board (17/04/2007)

  The GNOME Foundation would like to warmly welcome Canonical Ltd. as an Advisory Board member. Canonical Ltd. is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu.
  See the announcement for more information.

• GNOME Foundation Annual Report 2006 released (16/03/2007)

  The first annual report of the GNOME Foundation is available for download (935 KB, PDF) now.
  The report includes a review of the year, accounts of various community initiaves we have supported during the year, the events we have been involved with, and the avenues of development that we have been exploring for the foundation.

• Intel joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board (16/07/2006)

  The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the free software desktop.
  See more information in the announce.

• Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2007 (19/03/2006)

  Groups interested in hosting the next GUADEC in 2007 are invited to write a formal invitation to the board of the GNOME Foundation.
  The invitation should be send to the board and Anne Østergaard at the latest on April 19th 2006. See all the details in this mail.

• Results of 2005 elections (03/01/2006)

  The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to announce the official results for the 2005 GNOME Foundation elections. The Foundation board directors for the 2005/2006 term of office are:
  
  Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena-Quintero, David Neary, Anne Østergaard, Vincent Untz, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh

• Results of the Reducing Board Size Referendum official (14/11/2005)

  The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to announce that the results for the reducing board size referendum are now official. There will be 7 slots to be filled in all future GNOME Foundation elections, instead of 11 previously.

• Preliminary results of the Reducing Board Size Referendum (07/11/2005)

  The preliminary results of the reducing board size referendum have been posted. You can verify the results yourself. Any challenges to these results must be received by November 13th.

• 2005 GNOME Foundation Elections (04/11/2005)

  The GNOME Foundation elections will begin this month. If you want to run for these elections, you have to nominate yourself before November 14th. Take a look at the rules and the timeline.

• Reducing Board Size Referendum (20/10/2005)

  The GNOME Foundation will hold a referendum about reducing the board size. Take a look at the rules and the timeline.

• Results of 2004 elections official (21/12/2004)

  The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to announce that the results for the 2004 GNOME Foundation elections are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2004/2005 term of office are:
  
  Jonathan Blandford, Murray Cumming, Jody Goldberg, Miguel de Icaza, Federico Mena-Quintero, David Neary, Tim Ney, Christian Schaller, Owen Taylor, Daniel Veillard, Luis Villa.

• Preliminary results of 2004 elections announced (08/12/2004)

  The preliminary results of the elections have been posted. You can verify the results yourself. Any challenges to these results must be received by December 20th.

• 2004 GNOME Foundation Elections (24/10/2004)

  The GNOME Foundation elections will begin in November. If you want to run for these elections, you have to nominate yourself before November 8th. Take a look at the rules and the timeline.

• Results of the Anonymous Voting Referendum official (24/10/2004)

  The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to announce that the results for the anonymous voting referendum are now official. All future GNOME Foundation elections and referenda will use an anonymous voting process.

• Preliminary results of the Anonymous Voting Referendum (11/10/2004)

  The preliminary results of the anonymous voting referendum have been posted. You can verify the results yourself. Any challenges to these results must be received by October 22nd.

• Anonymous Voting Referendum (14/09/2004)

  The GNOME Foundation will hold a referendum about anonymous voting in a few weeks. Take a look at the rules and the timeline.

• Results of 2003 elections official (20/12/2003)

  The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to announce that the results for the 2003 GNOME Foundation elections are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2003/2004 term of office are:
  
  Jonathan Blandford, Dave Camp, Glynn Foster, Nat Friedman, Jody Goldberg, Bill Haneman, Leslie Proctor, Owen Taylor, Malcolm Tredinnick, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh.

• Preliminary results of 2003 elections announced (11/12/2003)

  The preliminary results of the elections have been posted. You can verify the results yourself. Any challenges to these results must be received by December 19th.

• GUADEC 2004 slated for Norway (04/11/2003)

  The fifth annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC) will draw businesses, government, education and end users to Kristiansand, Norway June 28-30, 2004. See press release.

• 2003 GNOME Foundation Elections (22/10/2003)

  The GNOME Foundation elections will begin in November. If you want to run for these elections, you have to nominate yourself before November 7th. Take a look at the rules and the timeline.

• GUADEC 2003 to attract global audience of GNOME developers and enthusiasts (18/02/2003)

  Free software luminaries, open source developers gather to advance the next generation of the multi-platform desktop environment in June, Dublin Ireland.

• GNOME Foundation and Bitstream Inc. announce long-term agreement to bring high quality fonts to Free Software (12/21/2002)

  Ten fonts will be released for use under a special open license agreement, giving advanced font capabilities to all free and open source software developers and users.

• Results of 2002 elections official (12/21/2002)

  The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to announce that the results for the 2002 GNOME Foundation elections are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2002/2003 term of office are:
  
  Jonathan Blandford, Miguel de Icaza, Glynn Foster, Nat Friedman, Jim Gettys, Jody Goldberg, Bill Haneman, James Henstridge, Daniel Veillard, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh.

• 2002 GNOME Foundation Elections (11/20/2002)

  The GNOME Foundation elections have begun. There are 23 candidates running for these elections.

• Foundation By-laws Posted (09/24/2002)

  The GNOME Foundation by-laws have now been posted in PDF format.

• Foundation Membership Renewal Exercise (08/31/2002)

  We are currently working to renew all old-style GNOME Foundation memberships under the new rules, available here. Affected members will receive mail today explaining what they need to do.

• Friends of GNOME Fundraising Program (07/17/2002)

  The Friends of GNOME program has been launched to help raise funds for development, education and promotion for GNOME worldwide. The GNOME Summit is one event which is supported through the generosity of this program.

• Results of 2001 election official (12/07/2001)

  The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee are pleased to announce the following members as official Foundation board directors for the 2001/2002 term of office:
  
  Jonathan Blandford, Miguel de Icaza, Nat Friedman, Jim Gettys, Jody Goldberg, Telsa Gwynne, James Henstridge, George Lebl, Federico Mena-Quintero, Havoc Pennington and Daniel Veillard.

• Preliminary results of 2001 election announced (11/27/2001)

  The preliminary results of the election have been posted. Any challenges to these results must be received by December 4.

• 2001 Final list of election Candidates Announced (11/10/2001)

  All 2001 election candidates have been compiled into a Final List of Candidates. Voting begins on the 20th November and finishes on the 27th November.

• 2001 Election Schedule Announced (10/22/2001)

  The 2001 elections for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors has been announced.
  The announcement includes the timeline and details for who is eligible for nomination and to vote.

• Tim Ney Joins GNOME Foundation as Executive Director (08/22/2001)

  The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce that Tim Ney is joining the GNOME Foundation as its executive director. For more information, see the press release and the announcement sent by Havoc Pennington.

• New Membership Policy Adopted (07/12/2001)

  A new membership qualification policy has been adopted and the GNOME Foundation Membership has been re-opened to new members. If you would like to become a member, please apply here.

• Board Meeting Minutes (biweekly)

  Minutes from the most recent board meeting can always be found in the foundation-announce mailing list archives.