voting/foundation.gnome.org/index.wml
Vincent Untz 986195f164 add pages for the anonymous voting referendum.
2004-09-14  Vincent Untz  <vincent@vuntz.net>

	* configure.in:
	* foundation.gnome.org/Makefile.am:
	* foundation.gnome.org/referenda/*: add pages for the anonymous voting
	referendum.
	* foundation.gnome.org/index.wml:
	* foundation.gnome.org/news/index.wml: add a new item about the
	referendum
	* foundation.gnome.org/legal/.cvsignore: added
	* include/evilsedhack: include a referenda link
2004-09-14 15:44:02 +00:00

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<title>The GNOME Foundation</title>
<meta name="cvsdate" content="$Date$" />
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<h1>The GNOME Foundation</h1>
<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>
The GNOME Project is an effort to create a complete, free and easy-to-use
desktop environment for users, as well as a powerful application
development framework for software developers. GNOME is part of the <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/">GNU Project</a>, and is <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>
(sometimes referred to as <a href="http://www.opensource.org/">Open
Source</a> software).
</p>
<p>
The GNOME Foundation will work to further the goal of the GNOME project:
to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is
completely free software.
</p>
<p>
To achieve this goal, 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, and
represent GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, help create
technical standards for the project and promote the use and development of
GNOME software.
</p>
<h2>News</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Anonymous Voting Referendum</strong>
<small>(14/09/2004)</small>
<blockquote>
The GNOME Foundation will hold a <a
href="referenda/2004-10/">referendum</a> about anonymous voting in
a few weeks. Take a look at the <a
href="referenda/2004-10/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Results of 2003 elections official</strong>
<small>(20/12/2003)</small>
<blockquote>
The GNOME Foundation Membership &amp; 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:
<br /><br />
Jonathan Blandford, Dave Camp, Glynn Foster, Nat Friedman, Jody
Goldberg, Bill Haneman, Leslie Proctor, Owen Taylor, Malcolm
Tredinnick, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh.
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Preliminary results of 2003 elections announced</strong>
<small>(11/12/2003)</small>
<blockquote>
The preliminary results of the elections have been <a
href="elections/2003/preliminary-results.html">posted</a>.
You can <a href="elections/2003/verify.html">verify the results</a>
yourself.
Any challenges to these results must be received by December 19th.
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>
<strong>GUADEC 2004 slated for Norway</strong>
<small>(04/11/2003)</small>
<blockquote>
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 <a
href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/guadec5.html">press
release</a>.
</blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<p>More news is available <a href="news/">here</a>.</p>
<h2>Sponsors</h2>
<div class="center">
<a href="http://www.debian.org/"><img src="img/logos/debian.gif" alt="Debian" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.fsf.org/"><img src="img/logos/fsf.gif" alt="Free Software Foundation" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.hp.com/"><img src="img/logos/hp.gif" alt="Hewlett Packard" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.ibm.com/"><img src="img/logos/ibm.gif" alt="IBM" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.mandrakesoft.com/"><img src="img/logos/mandrakesoft.gif" alt="MandrakeSoft" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.novell.com/"><img src="img/logos/novell.gif" alt="Novell Inc." border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.osdn.com/"><img src="img/logos/osdn.gif" alt="OSDN" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.redflag-linux.com/"><img src="img/logos/redflag.gif" alt="Redflag Software Co., Ltd." border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.redhat.com/"><img src="img/logos/redhat.gif" alt="Red Hat" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<a href="http://www.sun.com/"><img src="img/logos/sun.gif" alt="Sun Microsystems" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
<p>
Legal services provided by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati.
</p>
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