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Vincent Untz fc9ed1ffcd Announce the 2004 elections
2004-10-25  Vincent Untz  <vincent@vuntz.net>

	Announce the 2004 elections

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	* foundation.gnome.org/news/index.wml: add the news
	* foundation.gnome.org/elections/Makefile.am: build 2004 subdir
	* foundation.gnome.org/elections/index.wml: add link to the material
	for the 2004 elections
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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).
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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.
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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.
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<h2>News</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>2004 GNOME Foundation Elections</strong>
<small>(24/10/2004)</small>
<blockquote>
The GNOME Foundation <a href="elections/2004/">elections</a> will
begin in November. If you want to run for these elections, you have to
nominate yourself before November 8th. Take a look at the <a
href="elections/2004/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Results of the Anonymous Voting Referendum official</strong>
<small>(24/10/2004)</small>
<blockquote>
The GNOME Foundation Membership &amp; Elections Committee is pleased
to announce that the results for the anonymous voting referendum
are now official. All future GNOME Foundation elections and referenda
will use an anonymous voting process.
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Preliminary results of the Anonymous Voting Referendum</strong>
<small>(11/10/2004)</small>
<blockquote>
The preliminary results of the anonymous voting referendum have been
<a href="referenda/2004-10/preliminary-results.html">posted</a>.
You can <a href="referenda/2004-10/verify.html">verify the results</a>
yourself.
Any challenges to these results must be received by October 22nd.
</blockquote>
</li>
<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>
</ul>
<p>More news is available <a href="news/">here</a>.</p>
<h2>Sponsors</h2>
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<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>
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