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Home :&nbsp;
<a href="documentation.html">Documentation</a> :&nbsp;
<a href="membership.html">Membership</a> :&nbsp;
<a href="elections.html">Elections</a> :&nbsp;
<a href="directory.html">Directory</a>
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<a NAME="News"></a><b>News</b>:
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<strong>2001 Election Schedule Announced</strong> <small>(10/22/2001)</small>
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The 2001 elections for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors
has been <a
href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2001-October/msg00050.html">announced</a>.
The announcement includes the timeline and details for who is eligible
for nomination and to vote.
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<strong>Tim Ney Joins GNOME Foundation as Executive Director</strong> <small>(08/22/2001)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce that Tim Ney is joining the GNOME
Foundation as its executive director. For more information, see the
<a href="http://www.gnome.org/pr-ney_execdir.html">press release </a> and the
<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2001-August/msg00027.html">announcement
</a> sent by Havoc Pennington.
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<strong>New Membership Policy Adopted</strong> <small>(07/12/2001)</small>
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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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<strong>Board Meeting Minutes</strong> <small>(biweekly)</small>
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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>&nbsp; <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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