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<h1>GNOME Foundation News</h1>
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<p>You can also find more informal news at the <a href="http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/">Foundation Blog</a>.</p>
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<strong>Sugar Labs, the nonprofit behind the OLPC software, is joining the GNOME Foundation</strong>
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<small>(2008-12-22)</small>
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Sugar Labs, a member of the Software Freedom Conservancy, is joining
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the GNOME Foundation as part of the GNOME Advisory Board. Sugar Labs
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creates software for young children used on platforms like the One
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Laptop Per Child's XO. Sugar is based on the GNOME platform and
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relies on technologies like GTK+ and Telepathy.
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-12-sugarlabs.html">Read
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more</a>
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<strong>Gran Canaria Desktop Summit 2009 to be held July 3-11, 2009</strong>
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<small>(2008-11-25)</small>
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The inaugural Desktop Summit, uniting the flagship conferences of
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the GNOME and KDE communities, GUADEC and Akademy, will be held in
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Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain the week of July 3-11, 2009.
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-11-25-grancanaria.html">Read
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more</a>
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<strong>Google and Motorola join the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board</strong>
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<small>(2008-11-03)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation continues to strengthen its industry support,
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with Google and Motorola joining the GNOME Foundation as Advisory
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Board members.
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-10-motorola-google.html">Read
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more</a>
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<strong>GUADEC and Akademy to be co-located in Gran Canaria in 2009</strong>
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<small>(2008-07-13)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. announced that they will hold their
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yearly conferences, GUADEC and Akademy in 2009 in Gran Canaria. The
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conferences will be separate events, but co-located and hosted by the
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same organizers.
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-07-guadec-akademy-grancanaria.html">Read
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more</a>
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<strong>GNOME hires Stormy Peters as Executive Director</strong>
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<small>(2008-07-07)</small>
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Bringing to an end a long search, the GNOME Foundation has hired
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Stormy Peters, a well-known industry analyst with a long-standing
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relationship with GNOME, as their Executive Director. The hire was
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announced at GUADEC 2008, GNOME's flagship conference, in Istanbul.
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-07-stormy-executive-director.html">Read
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more</a>
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<strong>KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation to co-host flagship conferences</strong>
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<small>(2008-04-22)</small>
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The boards of KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation have issued a call to co-host
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Akademy and GUADEC, the flagship conferences of the KDE and GNOME projects
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respectively, during the Summer of 2009.
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-04-22-akademy-guadec.html">Read
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more</a>
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<strong>3rd GNOME Mobile Summit to be held in Austin</strong>
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<small>(06/04/2008)</small>
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The 3rd GNOME Mobile Summit being held as part of the Linux Foundation
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Collaboration Summit in Austin from the 8th to the 10th of April will be
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a forum where industry and community merge into one, enabling effective
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collaboration on adapting the GNOME platform to the needs of mobile
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computing. <a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-04-mobilesummit.html">Read
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more</a>
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<strong>GNOME Foundation Annual Report 2007 released</strong>
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<small>(10/03/2008)</small>
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The second annual report of the GNOME Foundation is available for
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<a href="../about/gnome_annual_report_2007.pdf">download (1860 KB, PDF)</a> now.<br/>
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The report aims to bring a summary of GNOME community activities in 2007.
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It includes a review of the year, accounts of various community
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activities and events around the world, and foundation development
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actions during the year.
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<strong>GNOME Foundation and Mozilla Foundation join forces</strong>
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<small>(04/03/2008)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation will increase their
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collaboration to improve developer support and user experience. As
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part of this partnership, the Mozilla Foundation joins the GNOME
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Foundation advisory board and announces a grant of $10,000 to be
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spent on the improvement of accessibility.<br/>
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Read the <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-03-mofojoins.html">announcement</a>
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for more information.
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<strong>GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul</strong>
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<small>(28/02/2008)</small>
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The ninth GUADEC, the annual GNOME conference, will be held in
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Istanbul, Turkey from the 7th to the 12th of July 2008. The
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conference will bring together the GNOME development and user
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community and key personalities from businesses and governments, to
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discuss the future direction of the GNOME project. Read the <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/guadec2008.html">press
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release</a>.
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<strong>GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects</strong>
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<small>(27/02/2008)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation is running an accessibility outreach program,
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offering USD$50,000 to be split among individuals. This program will
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promote software accessibility awareness among the GNOME community as
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well as harden and improve the overall quality of the GNOME
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accessibility offering. Read the full <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/gop-a11y.html">announcement</a>.
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<strong>Fall 2007 Board of Directors election official results announced</strong>
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<small>(25/12/2007)</small>
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Yearly election for Board of Directors of GNOME Foundation ended.
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There were no challenges to <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-December/msg00000.html">preliminary
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results</a> and <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-December/msg00002.html">new
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board members</a> were announced. Elected board will serve for a
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period of 18 months.
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<strong>Fall 2007 Board of Directors election period begins</strong>
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<small>(03/11/2007)</small>
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Yearly election for Board of Directors of GNOME Foundation has begun.
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<a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2007-November/msg00000.html">Announcement</a>
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from Elections & Membership Committee was sent to
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foundation-announce mailing list. Time line and information about the
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election can be viewed from announcement mail.
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<strong>Notification of membership vote regarding change to bylaws</strong>
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<small>(07/09/2007)</small>
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The Board is proposing a change to the GNOME Foundation bylaws to
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allow the directors to determine the length of the next Board term
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when elections are called. An <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-August/msg00025.html">earlier
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proposal</a> was discussed on foundation-list in August, and this <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2007-September/msg00017.html">modified
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proposal</a> is a result of legal advice to the Board, suggesting
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that we change the bylaws to provide flexibility in
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future.
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The voting period will begin on 2007-09-28 and end on 2007-10-12.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>Igalia joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board</strong>
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<small>(14/06/2007)</small>
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Following its increasing involvement in GNOME, Igalia is joining the
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GNOME Foundation as an Advisory Board member.<br/>
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See the <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/igaliajoins.html">announcement</a>
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for more information.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>Canonical joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board</strong>
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<small>(17/04/2007)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation would like to warmly welcome Canonical Ltd. as
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an Advisory Board member. Canonical Ltd. is the commercial sponsor
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of Ubuntu.<br/>
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See the <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/canonicaljoins.html">announcement</a>
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for more information.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>GNOME Foundation Annual Report 2006 released</strong>
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<small>(16/03/2007)</small>
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The first annual report of the GNOME Foundation is available for
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<a href="../about/gnome_annual_report_2006.pdf">download (935 KB, PDF)</a> now.<br/>
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The report includes a review of the year, accounts of
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various community initiaves we have supported during the year, the
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events we have been involved with, and the avenues of development
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that we have been exploring for the foundation.
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<strong>Intel joins the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board</strong>
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<small>(16/07/2006)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member.
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This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the
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free software desktop.<br />
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See more information in the <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-June/msg00006.html">announce</a>.
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<strong>Call for invitations to be the host of GUADEC 2007</strong>
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<small>(19/03/2006)</small>
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Groups interested in hosting the next GUADEC in 2007 are invited to
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write a formal invitation to the board of the GNOME Foundation.
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<br />
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The invitation should be send to the board and Anne Østergaard at the
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latest on April 19th 2006. See all the details in <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2006-February/msg00016.html">this
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mail</a>.
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<strong>Results of 2005 elections</strong>
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<small>(03/01/2006)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce the official results for the 2005 GNOME Foundation
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elections. The Foundation board directors for the 2005/2006 term of
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office are:
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<br /><br />
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Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena-Quintero, David Neary,
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Anne Østergaard, Vincent Untz, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh
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<strong>Results of the Reducing Board Size Referendum official</strong>
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<small>(14/11/2005)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce that the results for the reducing board size referendum
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are now official. There will be 7 slots to be filled in all future
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GNOME Foundation elections, instead of 11 previously.
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<strong>Preliminary results of the Reducing Board Size Referendum</strong>
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<small>(07/11/2005)</small>
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The preliminary results of the reducing board size referendum have
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been <a href="../vote/results.php?election_id=1">posted</a>.
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You can <a href="../vote/votes.php?election_id=1">verify the
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results</a> yourself.
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Any challenges to these results must be received by November 13th.
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<strong>2005 GNOME Foundation Elections</strong>
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<small>(04/11/2005)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="../elections/2005/">elections</a> will
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begin this month. If you want to run for these elections, you have to
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nominate yourself before November 14th. Take a look at the <a
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href="../elections/2005/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
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<strong>Reducing Board Size Referendum</strong>
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<small>(20/10/2005)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation will hold a <a
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href="../referenda/2005-10/">referendum</a> about reducing the board
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size. Take a look at the <a
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href="../referenda/2005-10/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
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<strong>Results of 2004 elections official</strong>
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<small>(21/12/2004)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce that the results for the 2004 GNOME Foundation elections
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are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2004/2005
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term of office are:
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<br /><br />
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Jonathan Blandford, Murray Cumming, Jody Goldberg, Miguel de Icaza,
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Federico Mena-Quintero, David Neary, Tim Ney, Christian Schaller,
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Owen Taylor, Daniel Veillard, Luis Villa.
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<strong>Preliminary results of 2004 elections announced</strong>
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<small>(08/12/2004)</small>
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The preliminary results of the elections have been <a
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href="elections/2004/preliminary-results.html">posted</a>.
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You can <a href="elections/2004/verify.html">verify the results</a>
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yourself.
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Any challenges to these results must be received by December 20th.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>2004 GNOME Foundation Elections</strong>
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<small>(24/10/2004)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="../elections/2004/">elections</a> will
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begin in November. If you want to run for these elections, you have to
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nominate yourself before November 8th. Take a look at the <a
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href="../elections/2004/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
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<strong>Results of the Anonymous Voting Referendum official</strong>
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<small>(24/10/2004)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce that the results for the anonymous voting referendum
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are now official. All future GNOME Foundation elections and referenda
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will use an anonymous voting process.
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<strong>Preliminary results of the Anonymous Voting Referendum</strong>
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<small>(11/10/2004)</small>
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The preliminary results of the anonymous voting referendum have been
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<a href="../referenda/2004-10/preliminary-results.html">posted</a>.
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You can <a href="../referenda/2004-10/verify.html">verify the results</a>
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yourself.
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Any challenges to these results must be received by October 22nd.
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<strong>Anonymous Voting Referendum</strong>
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<small>(14/09/2004)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation will hold a <a
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href="../referenda/2004-10/">referendum</a> about anonymous voting
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in a few weeks. Take a look at the <a
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href="../referenda/2004-10/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
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<strong>Results of 2003 elections official</strong>
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<small>(20/12/2003)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce that the results for the 2003 GNOME Foundation elections
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are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2003/2004
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term of office are:
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<br /><br />
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Jonathan Blandford, Dave Camp, Glynn Foster, Nat Friedman, Jody
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Goldberg, Bill Haneman, Leslie Proctor, Owen Taylor, Malcolm
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Tredinnick, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>Preliminary results of 2003 elections announced</strong>
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<small>(11/12/2003)</small>
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The preliminary results of the elections have been <a
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href="elections/2003/preliminary-results.html">posted</a>.
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You can <a href="elections/2003/verify.html">verify the results</a>
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yourself.
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Any challenges to these results must be received by December 19th.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>GUADEC 2004 slated for Norway</strong>
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<small>(04/11/2003)</small>
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The fifth annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference
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(GUADEC) will draw businesses, government, education and end users to
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Kristiansand, Norway June 28-30, 2004. See <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/guadec5.html">press
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release</a>.
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<strong>2003 GNOME Foundation Elections</strong>
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<small>(22/10/2003)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="../elections/2003/">elections</a> will
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begin in November. If you want to run for these elections, you have to
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nominate yourself before November 7th. Take a look at the <a
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href="../elections/2003/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
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<strong>GUADEC 2003 to attract global audience of GNOME developers and
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enthusiasts</strong>
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<small>(18/02/2003)</small>
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Free software luminaries, open source developers gather to advance the
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next generation of the multi-platform desktop environment in June,
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Dublin Ireland.
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<strong>GNOME Foundation and Bitstream Inc. announce long-term
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agreement to bring high quality fonts to Free Software</strong>
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<small>(12/21/2002)</small>
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Ten fonts will be released for use under a special open license
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agreement, giving advanced font capabilities to all free and open
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source software developers and users.
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<strong>Results of 2002 elections official</strong>
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<small>(12/21/2002)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce that the results for the 2002 GNOME Foundation elections
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are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2002/2003
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term of office are:
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<br /><br />
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Jonathan Blandford, Miguel de Icaza, Glynn Foster, Nat Friedman,
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Jim Gettys, Jody Goldberg, Bill Haneman, James Henstridge, Daniel
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Veillard, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>2002 GNOME Foundation Elections</strong>
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<small>(11/20/2002)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="../elections/2002/">elections</a> have
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begun. There are 23 <a
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href="../elections/2002/candidates.html">candidates</a> running for
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these elections.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Foundation By-laws Posted</strong>
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<small>(09/24/2002)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="../about/bylaws.pdf">by-laws</a> have
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now been posted in PDF format.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Foundation Membership Renewal Exercise</strong>
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<small>(08/31/2002)</small>
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<blockquote>
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We are currently working to renew all old-style GNOME Foundation
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memberships under the new rules, available <a
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href="../membership/">here</a>. Affected members will receive mail
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today explaining what they need to do.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Friends of GNOME Fundraising Program</strong>
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<small>(07/17/2002)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The Friends of GNOME program has been launched to help raise funds
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for development, education and promotion for GNOME worldwide. The
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/summit/">GNOME Summit</a> is one
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event which is supported through the generosity of this program.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Results of 2001 election official</strong>
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<small>(12/07/2001)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee are pleased
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to announce the following members as official Foundation board
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directors for the 2001/2002 term of office:
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<br /> <br />
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Jonathan Blandford, Miguel de Icaza, Nat Friedman, Jim Gettys, Jody
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Goldberg, Telsa Gwynne, James Henstridge, George Lebl, Federico
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Mena-Quintero, Havoc Pennington and Daniel Veillard.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Preliminary results of 2001 election announced</strong>
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<small>(11/27/2001)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The preliminary results of the election have been <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2001-November/msg00037.html">posted</a>.
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Any challenges to these results must be received by December 4.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>2001 Final list of election Candidates Announced</strong>
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<small>(11/10/2001)</small>
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<blockquote>
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All 2001 election candidates have been compiled into a <a
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href="../elections/2001/candidates.html">Final List of
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Candidates</a>. Voting begins on the 20th November and finishes on
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the 27th November.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>2001 Election Schedule Announced</strong>
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<small>(10/22/2001)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The 2001 elections for the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors has
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been <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2001-October/msg00050.html">announced</a>.<br />
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The announcement includes the timeline and details for who is
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eligible for nomination and to vote.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Tim Ney Joins GNOME Foundation as Executive Director</strong>
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<small>(08/22/2001)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce that Tim Ney is
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joining the GNOME Foundation as its executive director. For more
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information, see the <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/ney_execdir.html">press
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release</a> and the <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2001-August/msg00027.html">announcement</a>
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sent by Havoc Pennington.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>New Membership Policy Adopted</strong>
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<small>(07/12/2001)</small>
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<blockquote>
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A new <a href="../membership/">membership qualification policy</a>
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has been adopted and the GNOME Foundation Membership has been
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re-opened to new members. If you would like to become a member,
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please <a href="../membership/application.php">apply here</a>.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Board Meeting Minutes</strong>
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<small>(biweekly)</small>
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<blockquote>
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Minutes from the most recent board meeting can always be found in
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the <a
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href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/">foundation-announce
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mailing list archives</a>.
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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