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GNOME Foundation
The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Orinda, California, United States, which works to coordinate the efforts in the GNOME project. The GNOME Foundation works to further the goal of the GNOME project: to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is composed entirely of free software.
While the Gnome Project was founded in 1997, the GNOME Foundation was officially founded on 5 March 2001 by Compaq, Eazel, Helix Code, IBM, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and VA Linux Systems.
The GNOME Foundation's main goal is to create a free, personal, software-based computing ecosystem for the world.
To achieve this goal, the foundation coordinates releases of GNOME and determines which projects are a part of GNOME. The foundation acts 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 produces educational materials and documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software. In addition, it sponsors GNOME-related technical conferences, such as GUADEC, GNOME. Asia, and the Boston Summit, represents GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, helps create technical standards for the project, and promotes the use and development of GNOME software.
The GNOME Foundation primarily relies on sponsorships from individuals and companies in various models. Such models include one-time donations, recurring donations or constant annual financial contributions. Additionally, these said donations are also pledged in the form of companies hiring people to work on the GNOME Project. Companies also sponsor events which aid the foundation in their efforts.
The GNOME Executive Director is selected and hired by the GNOME Board of Directors.
Between 2008 and 2010, Stormy Peters served as the foundation's executive director. She was replaced in June 2011 by Karen Sandler, who served until March 2014. Following Sandler's departure, the GNOME Board announced that cash reserves had been drained due to a cash flow problem, as the GNOME Foundation had to front the costs of late payments from sponsors of the 'Outreach Program for Women'. Spending for non-essential activities was therefore frozen to allow the cash reserves to recover throughout 2014. This led to various rumors that the GNOME foundation had gone bankrupt, which the GNOME foundation has clarified never happened.
The executive director position remained unfilled until February 2017, when former Debian leader Neil McGovern was appointed. In February 2022, Neil McGovern resigned as executive director of the GNOME Foundation. A call for job applications was opened for the executive director role in August 2022, and was subsequently reopened with a modified job description in May 2023.
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GNOME Foundation
The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Orinda, California, United States, which works to coordinate the efforts in the GNOME project. The GNOME Foundation works to further the goal of the GNOME project: to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is composed entirely of free software.
While the Gnome Project was founded in 1997, the GNOME Foundation was officially founded on 5 March 2001 by Compaq, Eazel, Helix Code, IBM, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and VA Linux Systems.
The GNOME Foundation's main goal is to create a free, personal, software-based computing ecosystem for the world.
To achieve this goal, the foundation coordinates releases of GNOME and determines which projects are a part of GNOME. The foundation acts 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 produces educational materials and documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software. In addition, it sponsors GNOME-related technical conferences, such as GUADEC, GNOME. Asia, and the Boston Summit, represents GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, helps create technical standards for the project, and promotes the use and development of GNOME software.
The GNOME Foundation primarily relies on sponsorships from individuals and companies in various models. Such models include one-time donations, recurring donations or constant annual financial contributions. Additionally, these said donations are also pledged in the form of companies hiring people to work on the GNOME Project. Companies also sponsor events which aid the foundation in their efforts.
The GNOME Executive Director is selected and hired by the GNOME Board of Directors.
Between 2008 and 2010, Stormy Peters served as the foundation's executive director. She was replaced in June 2011 by Karen Sandler, who served until March 2014. Following Sandler's departure, the GNOME Board announced that cash reserves had been drained due to a cash flow problem, as the GNOME Foundation had to front the costs of late payments from sponsors of the 'Outreach Program for Women'. Spending for non-essential activities was therefore frozen to allow the cash reserves to recover throughout 2014. This led to various rumors that the GNOME foundation had gone bankrupt, which the GNOME foundation has clarified never happened.
The executive director position remained unfilled until February 2017, when former Debian leader Neil McGovern was appointed. In February 2022, Neil McGovern resigned as executive director of the GNOME Foundation. A call for job applications was opened for the executive director role in August 2022, and was subsequently reopened with a modified job description in May 2023.