DRAFT | News Item for 20th Birthday (pls read)

[Nuritzi Sanchez <nuritzis stanfordalumni org>]

Hi All, 

In today's engagement meeting, we decided to create a news item to publish on GNOME's birthday next Tuesday. This will be sent to bloggers and others who will hopefully write about GNOME's milestone. 

Can you guys take a look? I need to get permission for 2 of the 3 photos (@Christian Hergert & Behdad). It would also be great if someone with access to wordpress could help format the photos better - perhaps in a gallery arrangement so that they aren't so huge. 

Let me know if there are any corrections to be made! Thanks!

Best, 

Nuritzi

Preview for those with our WP access: https://www.gnome.org/?p=7797&preview=true

Copy and pasted here: 

News

August 11, 2017

Happy 20th Birthday, GNOME!

ORINDA, CA. Today, the GNOME Project is proud to celebrate its 20th Birthday. On August 15, 1997, Miguel de Icaza & Federico Mena Quintero announced the creation of GNOME, which has grown to become a pillar in the Free Software community.

Since the initial release of GNOME 1.0 in 1999, there have been 33 stable releases of GNOME, with GNOME 3.26 “Manchester,” the latest stable release, coming out soon in mid-September of this year. With over 6,000 contributors, and 8 million lines of code, the GNOME Project continues to thrive.

The GNOME Foundation encourages you to celebrate GNOME’s being Twenty Years Strong. Find a party or start your own by visiting our 20th Birthday Party page. Remember to use the hashtag #GNOMEParty to share pictures and stories from your event.

Enjoy a few of the many photographs from the 20th Birthday Party at this year’s GUADEC, where Federico Mena Quintero celebrated his own birthday alongside GNOME’s.

Happy 20th Birthday, GNOME!

 

A more detailed history of the GNOME project, fun facts, pictures, and more, can be found at http://www.happybirthdaygnome.org.

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