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  • Join Friends of GNOME

    Join Friends of GNOME

    This post was contributed by the Fundraising Committee from the GNOME Foundation.

    This week we are launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME by the end of the year. We need your help: become a Friend of GNOME today at donate.gnome.org!

    Why give?

    We are a nearly 30-year-old Free Software project whose contributors believe in building something greater than ourselves. We give our work and time freely so that the world benefits. We believe in a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust, and we help make that possible by tirelessly building a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem.

    This past year has been full of highlights from the community, culminating in the GNOME 48 and GNOME 49 releases. You can also read all about what contributors have been shipping week after week in This Week in GNOME, which is submitted and curated by community members.

    The GNOME Foundation supports the GNOME project by providing infrastructure, services for contributors, development of Flathub, community travel sponsorship, events, and more. Giving to the GNOME Foundation helps ensure we stay sustainable for the future, enables us to invest more directly into the community and development, and ultimately helps GNOME deliver even more goodness to each and every user for free.

    Become a Friend of GNOME

    Thank you to existing Friends of GNOME, sponsors, and supporters

    Of course, we would like to thank our 744 existing Friends of GNOME and corporate sponsors for their recurring support, as well our advisory board members for their support and guidance. And thank you to the many organizations that support us in other ways, including with infrastructure.

    Join us in celebrating!

    This week, we will also be sharing and celebrating the accomplishments of GNOME and our contributors over the past year on social media. Be sure to follow across our social media accounts:

    Finally, if you’re already a Friend of GNOME or join us this month, please share your story with as well so that we can thank you!

  • New Foundation Members

    The GNOME Foundation Membership Committee is proud to announce our newly approved Foundation Members.

    They are: *

    1. Stéphane Maniaci (two Google Summer of Code within GNOME, little contributions to the GNOME-Shell’s and PiTiVi’s modules)
    2. Maciej Piechotka (libgee’s library maintainer, several bug reports and bug triaging work)
    3. Antoine Jacoutot (Porting and packaging GNOME for the OpenBSD distribution)
    4. Michael Hill (GNOME Documentation, organized the Toronto GNOME 3.2’s Release party)
    5. Jim Campbell (GNOME Documentation Team)
    6. David Nielsen (Banshee, 2011 GNOME+Mono Hackfest)
    7. Karen Sandler (Legal work and advices for the GNOME Foundation through the SFLC, GNOME’s Executive Director)
    8. Nilamdyuti Goswami (Assamese’s language translations for GNOME 3.0 and 3.2)
    9. Zhang Weiwu (Core member of the Beijing GNOME Users Group, GNOME Advocate and Ambassador)
    10. Patricia Santana Cruz (Cheese, Desktop Summit 2011, Bug reporting and triaging)
    11. Tong Hui (Beijing GNOME Users Group, GNOME-related talks and event organizator in Beijing)

    * Syntax is Name Surname (area of involvement)

    Please welcome and thank them for their great and valuable contributions over the GNOME Foundation.

     

  • GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting: July 13th, 2011

    It’s time for another GNOME Foundation IRC meeting.

    When: Wednesday, July 13th, from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC (your local time)
    Where: irc.gnome.org,

    Foundation IRC meetings are discussions on IRC among GNOME Foundation members and others interested in GNOME. Board members will moderate the meeting and guide the discussion through the discussion through the agenda. Anybody is welcome to join and speak at any time. Just remember to be respectful and concise so it’s easy for everyone to follow the discussion.

    This is a great opportunity to discuss the topics you care about, or to get more information from the Board. If you think we’re not communicating enough on some topics, the agenda of the meeting is really up to you!

    Please add the agenda items you’d like to discuss: http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MembersAgenda

    Your topics will automatically appear on the meeting page: http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MeetingAgenda

    For reference, the minutes of the last meeting are available at: http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/

  • Karen Sandler Named New Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation

    June 21, 2011: The GNOME Foundation today announced that it has appointed Karen Sandler as Executive Director. Sandler’s dedication to software freedom, her non-profits experience and her involvement in a wide range of free and open source software communities distinguish her as the logical choice for GNOME. “I’m very excited that Karen is joining the GNOME Foundation as Executive Director!”, says Stormy Peters, former Executive Director who has recently joined the GNOME Board as a new Director, “Karen brings a wealth of experience in free software projects and nonprofits as well as a passion for free software. That experience will be invaluable as GNOME continues to expand its reach with GNOME 3.0 and GNOME technologies.”

    Sandler joins the GNOME Foundation from the Software Freedom Law Center where she has been General Counsel, advising a wide range of free and open source software organizations such as the Free Software Foundation, the Apache Software Foundation, the X.Org Foundation, Software in the Public Interest and the Software Freedom Conservancy. With SFLC, she also led an initiative advocating for free software on implantable medical devices. “Karen Sandler has been essential to the success of SFLC over the last six years,” said SFLC’s founder and executive director, Eben Moglen. “As our general counsel, she has been in the truest sense a lawyer’s lawyer. In representation of our clients she has been a superbly creative and conscientious practitioner. As mentor to younger lawyers here, she has set the finest of examples. The GNOME Foundation could not have chosen more wisely.” Sandler will continue to work on some legal matters pro bono at SFLC as well as regularly host an oggcast, Free as in Freedom, with Bradley Kuhn.

    Sandler is a frequent speaker on free and open source software issues at corporate based conferences such as the the O’Reilly conferences and the Linux Foundation conferences, as well as community and nonprofit driven events such as the Free Software Foundation’s LibrePlanet and SCaLE. Prior to SFLC, she held legal positions at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP and Clifford Chance, LLP. Sandler earned her legal degree from Columbia Law School and her engineering degree from the Cooper Union.

    About GNOME and the GNOME Foundation

    The GNOME Project was started in 1997 by two then-university students, Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena Quintero. Their aim: to produce a free (as in freedom) desktop environment. Since then, GNOME has grown into a hugely successful enterprise. Used by millions of people across the world, it is the most popular desktop environment for GNU/Linux and UNIX-type operating systems. The desktop has been utilised in successful, large-scale enterprise and public deployments, and the project’s developer technologies are utilized in a large number of popular mobile devices.

    The GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME, comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies. The Foundation is a member directed, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project. The GNOME Foundation is supporting the pursuit of software freedom through the innovative, accessible, and beautiful user experience created by GNOME contributors around the world. More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. Become a friend of GNOME at http://www-old.gnome.org/friends/

    For further comments and information, contact the GNOME press contact team at gnome-press-contact@gnome.org.

  • Paul Cutler stepping down from the board of directors, replaced by Stormy Peters

    Due to being busy with other matters, Paul Cutler has decided to step down from The GNOME Foundation board of directors. Andreas Nilsson will replace him as Chairman and Bastien Nocera will take the role of Vice-Chairman.
    As the board needs to consist of 7 members, Stormy Peters was asked by the board to step up and fill the empty seat. Having previously served as Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, Stormy is quite familiar with the organization and is able to get started with her feet running.
    The board of directors would like to thank Paul for his time serving on the board and wish him luck with his future endeavors!

  • GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting: June 15th, 2011

    IRC Meeting
    IRC Meeting

    Howdy fellow GNOMErs!

    I’d like to invite you all to join us once again for another GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting!

    When: Wednesday, June 15th, from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC (your local time)
    Where: irc.gnome.org,

    Foundation IRC meetings are just that, meetings held on #foundation in irc.gimp.org to discuss current matters related to the GNOME Foundation. Any GNOME Foundation member or non member are welcome. As long as you contribute positively to the discussion you are welcome.

    The meeting is moderated by Board members that are present, and they will guide the discussion through all the Agenda topics. Everyone can comment and speak at any time, just remember to be respectful and concise so it’s easy for everyone to follow the discussion.

    Tthis is a great opportunity to discuss the topics you care about, or to get more information from the Board if you think we’re not communicating enough on some topics 😉 The agenda of the meeting is really up to you!

    So please add the agenda items you’d like to discuss to http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MembersAgenda

    Your topics will automatically appear on the meeting page: http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MeetingAgenda

    For reference, the minutes of the last meeting are available at: http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/

    Thanks,

    Og Maciel, on behalf of the GNOME Board of Directors

  • Upcoming GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting: June 1st, 2011

    IRC Meeting
    IRC Meeting

    Howdy fellow GNOMErs!

    I’d like to invite you all to join us once again for another GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting!

    When: Wednesday, June 1st, from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC (your local time)
    Where: irc.gnome.org,

    Foundation IRC meetings are just that, meetings held on #foundation in irc.gimp.org to discuss current matters related to the GNOME Foundation. Any GNOME Foundation member or non member are welcome. As long as you contribute positively to the discussion you are welcome.

    The meeting is moderated by Board members that are present, and they will guide the discussion through all the Agenda topics. Everyone can comment and speak at any time, just remember to be respectful and concise so it’s easy for everyone to follow the discussion.

    Tthis is a great opportunity to discuss the topics you care about, or to get more information from the Board if you think we’re not communicating enough on some topics 😉 The agenda of the meeting is really up to you!

    So please add the agenda items you’d like to discuss to http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MembersAgenda

    Your topics will automatically appear on the meeting page:
    http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MeetingAgenda

    For reference, the minutes of the last meeting are available at:
    http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/

    Thanks,

    Og Maciel, on behalf of the GNOME Board of Directors

  • New host for the EU events boxen

    In July 2005, Murray Cumming was on the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors and brought up the idea of an events box that would travel around Europe. At first, Murray took it upon himself to host the box personally, then through Openismus where Ekaterina Gerasimova helped out with the administration. But with the recent loss (and more recent recovery) of the events box, and its “replacement”, we now have two EU events boxes.

    Murray felt that it was time to pass on the responsibility of hosting the box to another party, having hosted the box for more than 5 years in Berlin, Germany.

    The GNOME Foundation is happy to say that Collabora, based in Cambridge, England, will be handling the box from then on.

    If you’re participating in an event for which the GNOME events boxes could be useful, please get in touch with Dorée at Collabora. Full instructions are available on the website.

    Many thanks to Openismus, and Murray and Ekaterina in particular, for hosting the events box, and many thanks to Collabora, Robert McQueen and Dorée Carrier for their help in hosting them now.

  • Upcoming GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting: May 18th, 2011

    IRC Meeting
    IRC Meeting

    Howdy fellow GNOMErs!

    I’d like to invite you all to join us once again for another GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting!

    When: Wednesday, May 18th, from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC (your local time)
    Where: irc.gnome.org,

    Foundation IRC meetings are just that, meetings held on #foundation in irc.gimp.org to discuss current matters related to the GNOME Foundation. Any GNOME Foundation member or non member are welcome. As long as you contribute positively to the discussion you are welcome.

    The meeting is moderated by Board members that are present, and they will guide the discussion through all the Agenda topics. Everyone can comment and speak at any time, just remember to be respectful and concise so it’s easy for everyone to follow the discussion.

    Tthis is a great opportunity to discuss the topics you care about, or to get more information from the Board if you think we’re not communicating enough on some topics 😉 The agenda of the meeting is really up to you!

    So please add the agenda items you’d like to discuss to http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MembersAgenda

    Your topics will automatically appear on the meeting page:
    http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MeetingAgenda

    For reference, the minutes of the last meeting are available at:
    http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/

    Thanks,

    Og Maciel, on behalf of the GNOME Board of Directors

  • Upcoming GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting: May 4th, 2011

    IRC Meeting
    IRC Meeting

    Howdy fellow GNOMErs!

    I’d like to invite you all to join us once again for another GNOME Foundation IRC Meeting!

    When: Wednesday, May 4th, from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC (your local time)
    Where: irc.gnome.org,

    Foundation IRC meetings are just that, meetings held on #foundation in irc.gimp.org to discuss current matters related to the GNOME Foundation. Any GNOME Foundation member or non member are welcome. As long as you contribute positively to the discussion you are welcome.

    The meeting is moderated by Board members that are present, and they will guide the discussion through all the Agenda topics. Everyone can comment and speak at any time, just remember to be respectful and concise so it’s easy for everyone to follow the discussion.

    Tthis is a great opportunity to discuss the topics you care about, or to get more information from the Board if you think we’re not communicating enough on some topics 😉 The agenda of the meeting is really up to you!

    So please add the agenda items you’d like to discuss to http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MembersAgenda

    Your topics will automatically appear on the meeting page:
    http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MeetingAgenda

    For reference, the minutes of the last meeting are available at:
    http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/

    Thanks,

    Og Maciel, on behalf of the GNOME Board of Directors

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