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<h1>About the GNOME Foundation</h1>
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The GNOME Foundation is comprised of a number of bodies - the
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Board of Directors, the Executive Director, the Advisory Board
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and the GNOME Membership. The <a href="charter/">GNOME Foundation
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Charter</a> outlines the overall purpose, structure, and process
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for the GNOME Foundation. The <a href="bylaws.pdf">GNOME Foundation By-laws</a>
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(PDF) document the policies and procedures of the Foundation as a
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non-profit group.
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<p>
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The Annual Reports of the GNOME Foundation are published each year. They
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include reports on foundation activities for the year, including
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community programmes and events, and foundation development initiatives.
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Here is the archives of annual reports:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="./gnome_annual_report_2008.pdf">2008 Annual Report</a></li>
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<li><a href="./gnome_annual_report_2007.pdf">2007 Annual Report</a> (<a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/2038054">order a hard copy</a>)</li>
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<li><a href="./gnome_annual_report_2006.pdf">2006 Annual Report</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Board of Directors</h2>
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The GNOME Foundation is run by a Board of Directors, which is elected
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annually by the GNOME community, as the GNOME Membership, to carry out
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much of the GNOME Foundation's tasks. The Board of Directors meets every
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other week with a phone conference to discuss various topics pertaining
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to the regular activities of the GNOME Foundation and GNOME. The minutes
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to these meetings are posted publicly on the <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/">
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foundation-list archives</a>.
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The Board of Directors from July 2009 to June 2010 is:
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<ul>
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<li>Brian Cameron</li>
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<li>Diego Escalante Urrelo</li>
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<li>Behdad Esfahbod</li>
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<li>Germán Póo-Caamaño</li>
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<li>Srinivasa Ragavan</li>
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<li>Lucas Rocha</li>
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<li>Vincent Untz</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Executive Director</h2>
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Stormy Peters is the GNOME Foundation's executive director. She is tasked
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with managing and growing the GNOME Foundation as an organization.
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Working with the Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and the GNOME
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Foundation members, Stormy will help strengthen the Foundation by
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attracting new industry members and community contributors to create an
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awesome, easy-to-use, free and open source desktop, a strong development
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platform and accelerate the adoption of GNOME. Stormy's combination of
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industry expertise and community background will enable the Foundation to
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extend its outreach to industry, sponsors and the community, as well as
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increasing contact with new constituencies like mobile developers and
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governments considering deploying GNOME.
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As an open source advocate, Stormy has established relationships with the
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open source community and industry sponsors, including GNOME. Stormy has
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been involved with the GNOME Foundation, having been one of the founding
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members of the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board in 2000 and a keynote
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speaker at last year's GUADEC. Her previous positions include that of
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Open Source Program Manager at Hewlett-Packard and Director of Community
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and partner programs at OpenLogic.
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<h2>Advisory Board</h2>
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The Advisory Board is made up of organizations and companies that support
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GNOME. The Advisory Board has no decision-making authority but provides a
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vehicle for its members to communicate with the Board of Directors and
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help the Directors guide the overall direction of GNOME and the GNOME
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Foundation.
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<p>
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The Advisory Board consists of representatives from the following GNOME
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Foundation member corporations and projects:
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<li>ACCESS</li>
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<li>Canonical</li>
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<li>Debian Project</li>
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<li>Free Software Foundation</li>
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<li>Google</li>
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<li>Hewlett-Packard</li>
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<li>IBM</li>
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<li>Igalia</li>
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<li>Intel</li>
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<li>Motorola</li>
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<li>Mozilla Foundation</li>
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<li>Nokia</li>
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<li>Novell</li>
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<li>OLPC</li>
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<li>Red Hat</li>
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<li>Software Freedom Law Center</li>
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<li>Sugar Labs</li>
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<li>Sun Microsystems</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Advisory board member companies pay an annual fee which helps finance
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the operations of the GNOME foundation. There are two levels for
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commerical companies.
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<li>Small company: 1-49 employees. $5,000 / year</li>
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<li>Medium and large company: 50 or more employees. $10,000 / year</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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No fee is paid by the invited non-profit organizations that are part
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of the advisory board.
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<h2>GNOME Membership</h2>
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<p>The GNOME Membership consists of all the contributors to the GNOME
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project. Members can run for election to the Board of Directors,
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vote in the elections for the Board of Directors, and suggest referenda.
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