News Item | Board of Directors Announcement

[Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzis stanfordalumni org>]

Hi All, 

At the Social Media meeting today, we discussed wanting to post a news item about our Board of Directors. It has been nearly a month after results - but better late than never. 

It seems like we haven't done this in the past, so this year's post can serve as a template for future years. This is our chance to tell the larger community about the election results, share what the purpose of the Board is, and how people can get involved. 

Please take a look at the post's content and let me know if you have any edits or suggestions. The editable version is at the bottom of: https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/July_2016_Social_Media, and on gnome.org's news items queue. 

It'd be great to post this on Wednesday, so please add your thoughts and edits before then. Thanks!

Best, 

Nuritzi

News

July 11, 2016

GNOME Board of Directors Announced

ORINDA, CA. The GNOME Foundation welcomes its new Board of Directors for the upcoming 2016 – 2017 term:

• Allan Day
• Nuritzi Sanchez
• Cosimo Cecchi
• Meg Ford
• Alexandre Franke
• Shaun McCance
• Jim Hall

Congratulations!

This year we had 253 registered voters, 142 of which sent in valid ballots. Elections ran during the months of May and June, and the new Board was officially announced on June 18, 2016.

Since their official election, the new Board has been onboarded by last year’s Board, and outbound members have begun to transition responsibility to new members. The remaining responsibilities will be handed over during the annual GUADEC conference in Karlsruhe, Germany this August. At that time, the new Board will vote on the position of each member.

The Board of Directors is an important part of the GNOME Foundation. It ensures the health of the organization by working on operational and legal items that help keep the Foundation in order. It also helps to manage the relationship with the Advisory Board and to promote the overall well-being of the GNOME Project. You can find out more about our Board by visiting the Foundation page of our website, or you can contact the Board by sending an email to board gnome org.

The GNOME Foundation encourages those active in the GNOME community to apply for Foundation membership so that they can vote in upcoming elections.

Welcome to our new Board, and thanks again to everyone who participated in this year’s Board of Directors elections!

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