July 11, 2016
ORINDA, CA. The GNOME Foundation welcomes its new Board of Directors for the upcoming 2016 – 2017 term:
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.
The Board of Directors is a team of volunteers who are elected for a one-year term by their peers. The Board is an important part of the GNOME Foundation and 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 promotes the overall well-being of the GNOME Project. This year’s Board has experience that spans the GNOME project including expertise in design, development, usability, and communications.
Outbound members of the Board include Ekaterina Gerasimova, Jeff Fortin Tam, and Andrea Veri. The GNOME Foundation thanks them for their time on the Board, and for helping the Foundation navigate important matters during their term, like the Groupon Trademark Infringement battle which became a success and victory.
Since their official election in June, 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.
You can find out more about the GNOME 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!
I agree with Karen's edits. Also, we should make sure to update the
GNOME Foundation page at the same time:
https://www.gnome.org/Foundation/
I opened a bug with the webmasters on this a few weeks ago:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768197
Jim
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Nuritzi Sanchez
<nuritzis stanfordalumni org> wrote:
> Thanks, Karen! I'll see if I can work in some of your suggestions and send a
> 2nd attempt once complete. We have a Board meeting tomorrow, so I'll aim to
> get a quote from Shaun then :)
>
> In the meantime, @everyone else - more edits / suggestions are welcome, so
> please keep them coming!
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Karen Sandler <karen gnome org> wrote:
>>
>> On 2016-07-11 16:58, Nuritzi Sanchez wrote:
>>
>>> It'd be great to post this on Wednesday, so please add your thoughts
>>> and edits before then. Thanks!
>>
>>
>> This looks good to me! A few suggestions:
>>
>> * maybe mention that the board are volunteers?
>> * specifically name the outgoing members and thank them for their time on
>> the board
>> * include a quote, perhaps from last year's president?
>> * perhaps mention the breadth of experience that the board has? Like: the
>> new board has experience that spans the GNOME project, from development to
>> design to usability... etc.
>>
>> karen
>