The GNOME Foundation is comprised of a number of bodies - the Board of Directors, the Executive Director, the Advisory Board and the GNOME Membership. The GNOME Foundation Charter outlines the overall purpose, structure, and process for the GNOME Foundation. The GNOME Foundation By-laws (PDF) document the policies and procedures of the Foundation as a non-profit group.
The GNOME Foundation publishes Reports on its activities each quarter and each year. Here are the last reports:
The GNOME Foundation is run by a Board of Directors, which is elected annually by the GNOME community, as the GNOME Membership, to carry out much of the GNOME Foundation's tasks. The Board of Directors meets every other week with a phone conference to discuss various topics pertaining to the regular activities of the GNOME Foundation and GNOME. The minutes to these meetings are posted publicly on the foundation-list mailing list and on the Minutes wiki page for easier access.
The Board of Directors from July 2010 to June 2011 is:
The history of the Board of Directors lists all directors elected in previous years.
Stormy Peters served as the GNOME Foundation's executive director until November 2010. The GNOME Foundation is currently looking for a new Executive Director. The Executive Director is tasked with managing and growing the GNOME Foundation as an organization. Working with the Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and the GNOME Foundation members, he or she will help strengthen the Foundation by attracting new industry members and community contributors to create an awesome, easy-to-use, free and open source desktop, a strong development platform and accelerate the adoption of GNOME.
The Advisory Board is made up of organizations and companies that support GNOME. The Advisory Board has no decision-making authority but provides a vehicle for its members to communicate with the Board of Directors and help the Directors guide the overall direction of GNOME and the GNOME Foundation. Get more details about the way the Advisory Board works.
The Advisory Board consists of representatives from the following GNOME Foundation member corporations and projects:
Each Advisory Board member has up to three representatives. An up-to-date list of representatives is maintained on the Advisory Board wiki page.
The GNOME Foundation Membership consists of all the contributors to the GNOME project. Members can run for election to the Board of Directors, vote in the elections for the Board of Directors, and suggest referenda.