From behdad at cs.toronto.edu Thu Jun 15 17:38:06 2006 From: behdad at cs.toronto.edu (Behdad Esfahbod) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:06 -0400 Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 Message-ID: <1150407487.29623.12.camel@home> GNOME to Sponsor Female Developers in a Summer Outreach Program BOSTON, Mass - June 13, 2006 - The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$9000 to female students in order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related development. The money originates from GNOME's participation in the Google "Summer of Code" program (code.google.com/soc/), for which GNOME developers will mentor 20 students working throughout the northern summer on GNOME-related projects. This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's program, yet none were from women. The GNOME Foundation has therefore chosen to reinvest Google's contribution into a new program designed to increase the participation of women in GNOME. The program has no official relationship with Google. "Free software prides itself on being open to anyone with a good idea, yet less than 2% of free software developers are female. We, as a community, need to be actively working to change this statistic, and programs like this one are a much needed step in the right direction." said Hanna Wallach, a GNOME developer who is involved in several projects that encourage women to participate in free software development. The Women's Summer Outreach Program is currently accepting applications from female students. Accepted students will receive a stipend of USD $3000 over a two month period. A pool of project ideas is provided at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/, though original proposals are also encouraged. Projects may either be related to GNOME directly, or indirectly via projects such as Gstreamer and Abiword. Each student will be assigned a mentor to provide guidance throughout the program. Vincent Untz, member of the GNOME Foundation board and coordinator of the GNOME team for Google's "Summer of Code" program, explained: "Many women have the skills required to contribute to Free Software projects like GNOME, but may not see an opportunity to start working with us. By initiating this program, not only do we want to highlight the issue, but we also hope that this opportunity will help more women to get involved in the long term." Applications should be submitted using the form at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/. More information about the application process may be found at the same location. From dneary@free.fr Fri Jun 2 11:12:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1B3B0463 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02826-09 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp1.wanadoo.fr (smtp1.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.30]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F9A3B00C6 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.79.150] (LSt-Amand-152-32-18-62.w82-127.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.127.57.62]) by mwinf0101.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 118CB1C00239 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060602151228720.118CB1C00239@mwinf0101.orange.fr Message-ID: <4480555C.8070702@free.fr> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 From: Dave Neary User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.578 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.021, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.578 X-Spam-Level: Subject: Co-option of Quim Gil to the board X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:12:31 -0000 Hi, When Luis announced to the board that he wanted to resign [1] a couple of weeks ago, the board discussed our options - referendum or co-option. We felt that co-opting a new member onto the board, on the basis of the election results last December, was the best way to select the newest member of the board. Our decision was made easy by the fact that since the election, this person has gone on to become a heavyweight in the GNOME community in very short order. So without further ado, I'd like to announce that the board has decided to co-opt Quim Gil onto the board into the vacant position left by Luis Villa, effective immediately. We're all sorry to see Luis leave the board, but I have a feeling that this means we'll be hearing even more from him in the future. I'd like to wish him all the best in his budding legal career. Welcome on board, Quim. Cheers, Dave. [1] http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/06/01/resigning-from-the-board/ -- David Neary bolsh@gimp.org From anne@oestergaard.nu Mon Jun 5 15:58:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D323B03B1 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27053-07 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cicero1.cybercity.dk (cicero1.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.4]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0263B0129 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from user1.cybercity.dk (user1.cybercity.dk [212.242.41.34]) by cicero1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6257063EBDA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk (port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.116.232]) by user1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 3606374FECA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 27092 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 Received: from star.firstimpact.lan (192.168.1.7) by goofy.firstimpact.lan with SMTP; 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 From: Anne =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8stergaard?= To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:58:33 +0200 Message-Id: <1149537513.4447.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.532 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.067, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.532 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Temporaray enlargement of the GNOME Board with 2 persons X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:58:37 -0000 Hello all GNOME Foundation Members, About the size of the present board. The Board would like to propose to you a temporary enlargement of the board with two persons: Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño. Background: Not so long ago we had a Reducing Board Size Referendum "Should the board size be reduced from its current 11 directors to 7 directors?" The Referendum Results: 188 members voted for this referendum. The repartition of the votes is: yes (117 votes) no (70 votes) blank votes: 1 The board is at the moment of the opinion that a GNOME Board of 7 persons should normally work and be enough, provided that we have a staff person who can take part of the work load. Also at present a couple of the 7 board members have been given additional responsibilities at their ordinary work places and/or enlarged their family so they are pressed for time for "heavy" board work. Since the board has not yet hired anybody (we are in the process of doing so), the board would suggest to you that for the remaining of this year, we ask Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the board. They are both happy and willing to join the board, but under the condition that there is not severe objections from the GNOME Foundation Members. I think that I need not tell you, that the two candidates in question are highly respected for their long time great contributions to the GNOME project and the GNOME community spirit. Being responsible for having proposed this temporary compromise solution, I naturally hope for your blessings. Please react within 10 days if you have problems with enlarging the board by inviting Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the GNOME Board of Directors for the rest of 2006. Best wishes Anne PS Please follow the debate on foundation-list(at)gnome.org From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:39:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479043B0222 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31677-05 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66BC3B00DF for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19592 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:35:42 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863743.3733.0.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Required: Administrator for the Foundation X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:39:59 -0000 Hi, The GNOME Foundation is in need of a part-time administrator based in the USA. Our administrator will: 1. Collect, sort and summarise mail for the Board. 2. Handle bills in a timely manner. 3. Prepare checks for the Board to sign. 4. Track donations and fees. 5. Maintain a list of Board contacts. 6. Send out Friends of GNOME gifts to donors. 7. Keep the boards files in order, and sending expenses (when appropriate) to the accountant. 8. Handle the purchase and preparation of materials for tradeshows. 9. Attend board meetings bi-weekly as appropriate, and prepare status updates. 10. Be computer literate. Preferably Linux literate. 11. There is no number 11. Proximity to Boston, MA is very desirable, though not mandatory. Please send your CV/resume in plain text to board-list@gnome.org. Federico From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:42:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C103B0290 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31742-09 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E73E3B029F for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19596 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:38:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863897.3733.5.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Cc: Subject: Questions for deployments of GNOME X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:42:34 -0000 Are you a deployment of GNOME? Are you like the City of Largo, Florida, or like the districts of Extremadura and Andalucía in Spain, who have big installations of machines running GNOME? At the GNOME Foundation we are conducting a little, informal study of how we can make your lives easier. If you are in charge of the technical part of a GNOME deployment, we would greatly appreciate it if you could answer the questions here: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/news-2006-06.html#questions-for-deployments Please mail your replies to federico@gnu.org. A summary of the replies will be published during GUADEC this year. Thank you! Federico From federico@ximian.com Mon Jun 12 14:11:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DECF3B00E5 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23275-06 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24713B015B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:07:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 21703 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:02:10 -0500 Message-Id: <1150128130.17566.52.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:01:59 -0400 Cc: Subject: Minutes of the Board meeting, 2006/Jun/07 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:11:25 -0000 GNOME Foundation Board Meeting, 2006/06/07 ========================================== Attendance: Anne Dave Federico Jeff Jonathan Quim (welcome, Quim!) No attendance: Vincent (regrets) PREVIOUS ACTIONS ================ PUBLIC: * Dave to request a contract from Quim for GUADEC: IN PROGRESS. Quim is taking care of this. * Dave to resurrect German contract from last year so that we can use it for Axis Informática. IN PROGRESS. Needs to go to the lawyer. * Jeff to write a proposal for the technical project meeting: IN PROGRESS * Federico to send a draft job announcement to board-list for the executive director and the administrator: NOT DONE * Federico to write an agenda for the next Advisory Board meeting, to take place on May 31st. DONE, the meeting happened. * JRB to send an update on what hardware has been bought for the event box: IN PROGRESS. * JRB to mail board-list about invoicing Intel (hard disk crash): Quim to take this action. * Quim to contact HP and Novell about sponsorship for GUADEC. DONE - both sponsoring * Federico to mail Quim/Behdad/Germán about replacing Luis. DONE NEW ACTIONS =========== * Federico to send minutes from the Advisory Board meeting to advisory-board-list. * JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. * Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. * Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Jeff to ensure that all the board members are in the marketing-private and board-only lists. * Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. * Anne to to take over contacts with GNOME's legal partners. AGENDA ====== * Welcome Quim to the Board: - Gave Quim a brief update on what the Board has been doing. - Quim told us that he has been reading the board-list minutes but not the archives. * Figuring out how to execute all the pending actions, and not be swamped in pending stuff all the time: - NEW ACTION: JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. - We are going to need a presence in the USA no matter what, for legal matters in the Foundation. * Administrator hire / outsourcing: - NEW ACTION: Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. - We want to hire someone part-time immediately and will announce the vacancy and ask Zana to submit a candidature. * Increasing the board size: - Idea about letting people into board-list and into the phone calls, without them being board members. Then they can volunteer to do some of the tasks that the board can't do effectively (like someone in the USA to look for an administrator). - NEW ACTION: Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Agendas for GUADEC: - Let's send provisional agendas in advance. - NEW ACTION: Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. From behdad.esfahbod@gmail.com Thu Jun 15 17:38:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F24843B026F for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02027-06 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F673B00DD for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 37so427822wra for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.108.13 with SMTP id g13mr2187733wrc; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.190.5? ( [72.136.156.47]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 6sm1544376wrl.2006.06.15.14.38.10; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 From: Behdad Esfahbod To: gnome-hackers@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:06 -0400 Message-Id: <1150407487.29623.12.camel@home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 (2.6.1-1.fc5.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Behdad Esfahbod X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:29:22 -0400 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:38:52 -0000 GNOME to Sponsor Female Developers in a Summer Outreach Program BOSTON, Mass - June 13, 2006 - The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$9000 to female students in order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related development. The money originates from GNOME's participation in the Google "Summer of Code" program (code.google.com/soc/), for which GNOME developers will mentor 20 students working throughout the northern summer on GNOME-related projects. This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's program, yet none were from women. The GNOME Foundation has therefore chosen to reinvest Google's contribution into a new program designed to increase the participation of women in GNOME. The program has no official relationship with Google. "Free software prides itself on being open to anyone with a good idea, yet less than 2% of free software developers are female. We, as a community, need to be actively working to change this statistic, and programs like this one are a much needed step in the right direction." said Hanna Wallach, a GNOME developer who is involved in several projects that encourage women to participate in free software development. The Women's Summer Outreach Program is currently accepting applications from female students. Accepted students will receive a stipend of USD $3000 over a two month period. A pool of project ideas is provided at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/, though original proposals are also encouraged. Projects may either be related to GNOME directly, or indirectly via projects such as Gstreamer and Abiword. Each student will be assigned a mentor to provide guidance throughout the program. Vincent Untz, member of the GNOME Foundation board and coordinator of the GNOME team for Google's "Summer of Code" program, explained: "Many women have the skills required to contribute to Free Software projects like GNOME, but may not see an opportunity to start working with us. By initiating this program, not only do we want to highlight the issue, but we also hope that this opportunity will help more women to get involved in the long term." Applications should be submitted using the form at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/. More information about the application process may be found at the same location. From vuntz@gnome.org Thu Jun 22 11:20:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7440A3B0689; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05338-02; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fennas.vuntz.net (fennas.vuntz.net [82.228.182.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C25A13B0495; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by fennas.vuntz.net (Postfix, from userid 33) id 6E19D112693; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 129.88.38.77 (SquirrelMail authenticated user vuntz) by vuntz.net with HTTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <50469.129.88.38.77.1150989656.squirrel@vuntz.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board From: "Vincent Untz" To: foundation-announce@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.561 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.038, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.561 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:22:46 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:20:59 -0000 The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the free software desktop. We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are increasingly interested and involved in free software development. With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve established industry companies and projects. More informations on the Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. From waldo.bastian@intel.com Thu Jun 22 13:26:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAE43B0785; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13095-04; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9093B0731; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:25:59 -0700 Received: from orsmsx335.jf.intel.com (HELO orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com) ([10.22.226.40]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:23:13 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,166,1149490800"; d="scan'208"; a="56897970:sNHT90202169617" Received: from orsmsx409.amr.corp.intel.com ([192.168.65.58]) by orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:12 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:11 -0700 Message-ID: <8AEB79DC01BE994D8DE3FD02FA5B475B03DFAAAE@orsmsx409> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board thread-index: AcaWD46K6AKg5uJfSieruaiGax8vKQAAhTNA From: "Bastian, Waldo" To: "Vincent Untz" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2006 17:23:12.0881 (UTC) FILETIME=[8A39EE10:01C69620] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.56 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.039, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.56 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:54:04 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:26:06 -0000 >The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. >This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the >free software desktop. > >We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our >bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for >quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are >increasingly interested and involved in free software development. > >With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve >established industry companies and projects. More informations on the >Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ > > >Vincent Thanks Vincent, It has been a pleasure working with the GNOME community as part of Intel's OSDL and LSB efforts, and I hope that being on the GNOME Advisory Board will create an even more productive working relationship between us and the GNOME community. As you have observed, coming from a KDE background, it has at times been a challenge for me to zero in on the right people in the GNOME community to engage on matters of mutual interest. Our participation in the Advisory Board should make that process far easier. Through OSDL and LSB, bridging the gaps between industry leading Linux desktop environments for the benefit of users and application developers has been an important goal for us. We very much appreciate the opportunity work more closely with the GNOME community to realize that goal. I look forward to meeting with all of you next week at GUADEC. Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman From dneary@free.fr Fri Jun 2 11:12:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1B3B0463 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02826-09 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp1.wanadoo.fr (smtp1.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.30]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F9A3B00C6 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.79.150] (LSt-Amand-152-32-18-62.w82-127.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.127.57.62]) by mwinf0101.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 118CB1C00239 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060602151228720.118CB1C00239@mwinf0101.orange.fr Message-ID: <4480555C.8070702@free.fr> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 From: Dave Neary User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.578 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.021, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.578 X-Spam-Level: Subject: Co-option of Quim Gil to the board X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:12:31 -0000 Hi, When Luis announced to the board that he wanted to resign [1] a couple of weeks ago, the board discussed our options - referendum or co-option. We felt that co-opting a new member onto the board, on the basis of the election results last December, was the best way to select the newest member of the board. Our decision was made easy by the fact that since the election, this person has gone on to become a heavyweight in the GNOME community in very short order. So without further ado, I'd like to announce that the board has decided to co-opt Quim Gil onto the board into the vacant position left by Luis Villa, effective immediately. We're all sorry to see Luis leave the board, but I have a feeling that this means we'll be hearing even more from him in the future. I'd like to wish him all the best in his budding legal career. Welcome on board, Quim. Cheers, Dave. [1] http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/06/01/resigning-from-the-board/ -- David Neary bolsh@gimp.org From anne@oestergaard.nu Mon Jun 5 15:58:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D323B03B1 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27053-07 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cicero1.cybercity.dk (cicero1.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.4]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0263B0129 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from user1.cybercity.dk (user1.cybercity.dk [212.242.41.34]) by cicero1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6257063EBDA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk (port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.116.232]) by user1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 3606374FECA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 27092 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 Received: from star.firstimpact.lan (192.168.1.7) by goofy.firstimpact.lan with SMTP; 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 From: Anne =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8stergaard?= To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:58:33 +0200 Message-Id: <1149537513.4447.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.532 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.067, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.532 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Temporaray enlargement of the GNOME Board with 2 persons X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:58:37 -0000 Hello all GNOME Foundation Members, About the size of the present board. The Board would like to propose to you a temporary enlargement of the board with two persons: Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño. Background: Not so long ago we had a Reducing Board Size Referendum "Should the board size be reduced from its current 11 directors to 7 directors?" The Referendum Results: 188 members voted for this referendum. The repartition of the votes is: yes (117 votes) no (70 votes) blank votes: 1 The board is at the moment of the opinion that a GNOME Board of 7 persons should normally work and be enough, provided that we have a staff person who can take part of the work load. Also at present a couple of the 7 board members have been given additional responsibilities at their ordinary work places and/or enlarged their family so they are pressed for time for "heavy" board work. Since the board has not yet hired anybody (we are in the process of doing so), the board would suggest to you that for the remaining of this year, we ask Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the board. They are both happy and willing to join the board, but under the condition that there is not severe objections from the GNOME Foundation Members. I think that I need not tell you, that the two candidates in question are highly respected for their long time great contributions to the GNOME project and the GNOME community spirit. Being responsible for having proposed this temporary compromise solution, I naturally hope for your blessings. Please react within 10 days if you have problems with enlarging the board by inviting Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the GNOME Board of Directors for the rest of 2006. Best wishes Anne PS Please follow the debate on foundation-list(at)gnome.org From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:39:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479043B0222 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31677-05 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66BC3B00DF for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19592 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:35:42 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863743.3733.0.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Required: Administrator for the Foundation X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:39:59 -0000 Hi, The GNOME Foundation is in need of a part-time administrator based in the USA. Our administrator will: 1. Collect, sort and summarise mail for the Board. 2. Handle bills in a timely manner. 3. Prepare checks for the Board to sign. 4. Track donations and fees. 5. Maintain a list of Board contacts. 6. Send out Friends of GNOME gifts to donors. 7. Keep the boards files in order, and sending expenses (when appropriate) to the accountant. 8. Handle the purchase and preparation of materials for tradeshows. 9. Attend board meetings bi-weekly as appropriate, and prepare status updates. 10. Be computer literate. Preferably Linux literate. 11. There is no number 11. Proximity to Boston, MA is very desirable, though not mandatory. Please send your CV/resume in plain text to board-list@gnome.org. Federico From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:42:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C103B0290 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31742-09 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E73E3B029F for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19596 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:38:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863897.3733.5.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Cc: Subject: Questions for deployments of GNOME X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:42:34 -0000 Are you a deployment of GNOME? Are you like the City of Largo, Florida, or like the districts of Extremadura and Andalucía in Spain, who have big installations of machines running GNOME? At the GNOME Foundation we are conducting a little, informal study of how we can make your lives easier. If you are in charge of the technical part of a GNOME deployment, we would greatly appreciate it if you could answer the questions here: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/news-2006-06.html#questions-for-deployments Please mail your replies to federico@gnu.org. A summary of the replies will be published during GUADEC this year. Thank you! Federico From federico@ximian.com Mon Jun 12 14:11:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DECF3B00E5 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23275-06 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24713B015B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:07:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 21703 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:02:10 -0500 Message-Id: <1150128130.17566.52.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:01:59 -0400 Cc: Subject: Minutes of the Board meeting, 2006/Jun/07 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:11:25 -0000 GNOME Foundation Board Meeting, 2006/06/07 ========================================== Attendance: Anne Dave Federico Jeff Jonathan Quim (welcome, Quim!) No attendance: Vincent (regrets) PREVIOUS ACTIONS ================ PUBLIC: * Dave to request a contract from Quim for GUADEC: IN PROGRESS. Quim is taking care of this. * Dave to resurrect German contract from last year so that we can use it for Axis Informática. IN PROGRESS. Needs to go to the lawyer. * Jeff to write a proposal for the technical project meeting: IN PROGRESS * Federico to send a draft job announcement to board-list for the executive director and the administrator: NOT DONE * Federico to write an agenda for the next Advisory Board meeting, to take place on May 31st. DONE, the meeting happened. * JRB to send an update on what hardware has been bought for the event box: IN PROGRESS. * JRB to mail board-list about invoicing Intel (hard disk crash): Quim to take this action. * Quim to contact HP and Novell about sponsorship for GUADEC. DONE - both sponsoring * Federico to mail Quim/Behdad/Germán about replacing Luis. DONE NEW ACTIONS =========== * Federico to send minutes from the Advisory Board meeting to advisory-board-list. * JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. * Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. * Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Jeff to ensure that all the board members are in the marketing-private and board-only lists. * Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. * Anne to to take over contacts with GNOME's legal partners. AGENDA ====== * Welcome Quim to the Board: - Gave Quim a brief update on what the Board has been doing. - Quim told us that he has been reading the board-list minutes but not the archives. * Figuring out how to execute all the pending actions, and not be swamped in pending stuff all the time: - NEW ACTION: JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. - We are going to need a presence in the USA no matter what, for legal matters in the Foundation. * Administrator hire / outsourcing: - NEW ACTION: Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. - We want to hire someone part-time immediately and will announce the vacancy and ask Zana to submit a candidature. * Increasing the board size: - Idea about letting people into board-list and into the phone calls, without them being board members. Then they can volunteer to do some of the tasks that the board can't do effectively (like someone in the USA to look for an administrator). - NEW ACTION: Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Agendas for GUADEC: - Let's send provisional agendas in advance. - NEW ACTION: Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. From behdad.esfahbod@gmail.com Thu Jun 15 17:38:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F24843B026F for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02027-06 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F673B00DD for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 37so427822wra for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.108.13 with SMTP id g13mr2187733wrc; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.190.5? ( [72.136.156.47]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 6sm1544376wrl.2006.06.15.14.38.10; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 From: Behdad Esfahbod To: gnome-hackers@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:06 -0400 Message-Id: <1150407487.29623.12.camel@home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 (2.6.1-1.fc5.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Behdad Esfahbod X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:29:22 -0400 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:38:52 -0000 GNOME to Sponsor Female Developers in a Summer Outreach Program BOSTON, Mass - June 13, 2006 - The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$9000 to female students in order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related development. The money originates from GNOME's participation in the Google "Summer of Code" program (code.google.com/soc/), for which GNOME developers will mentor 20 students working throughout the northern summer on GNOME-related projects. This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's program, yet none were from women. The GNOME Foundation has therefore chosen to reinvest Google's contribution into a new program designed to increase the participation of women in GNOME. The program has no official relationship with Google. "Free software prides itself on being open to anyone with a good idea, yet less than 2% of free software developers are female. We, as a community, need to be actively working to change this statistic, and programs like this one are a much needed step in the right direction." said Hanna Wallach, a GNOME developer who is involved in several projects that encourage women to participate in free software development. The Women's Summer Outreach Program is currently accepting applications from female students. Accepted students will receive a stipend of USD $3000 over a two month period. A pool of project ideas is provided at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/, though original proposals are also encouraged. Projects may either be related to GNOME directly, or indirectly via projects such as Gstreamer and Abiword. Each student will be assigned a mentor to provide guidance throughout the program. Vincent Untz, member of the GNOME Foundation board and coordinator of the GNOME team for Google's "Summer of Code" program, explained: "Many women have the skills required to contribute to Free Software projects like GNOME, but may not see an opportunity to start working with us. By initiating this program, not only do we want to highlight the issue, but we also hope that this opportunity will help more women to get involved in the long term." Applications should be submitted using the form at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/. More information about the application process may be found at the same location. From vuntz@gnome.org Thu Jun 22 11:20:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7440A3B0689; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05338-02; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fennas.vuntz.net (fennas.vuntz.net [82.228.182.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C25A13B0495; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by fennas.vuntz.net (Postfix, from userid 33) id 6E19D112693; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 129.88.38.77 (SquirrelMail authenticated user vuntz) by vuntz.net with HTTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <50469.129.88.38.77.1150989656.squirrel@vuntz.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board From: "Vincent Untz" To: foundation-announce@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.561 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.038, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.561 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:22:46 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:20:59 -0000 The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the free software desktop. We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are increasingly interested and involved in free software development. With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve established industry companies and projects. More informations on the Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. From waldo.bastian@intel.com Thu Jun 22 13:26:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAE43B0785; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13095-04; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9093B0731; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:25:59 -0700 Received: from orsmsx335.jf.intel.com (HELO orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com) ([10.22.226.40]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:23:13 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,166,1149490800"; d="scan'208"; a="56897970:sNHT90202169617" Received: from orsmsx409.amr.corp.intel.com ([192.168.65.58]) by orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:12 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:11 -0700 Message-ID: <8AEB79DC01BE994D8DE3FD02FA5B475B03DFAAAE@orsmsx409> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board thread-index: AcaWD46K6AKg5uJfSieruaiGax8vKQAAhTNA From: "Bastian, Waldo" To: "Vincent Untz" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2006 17:23:12.0881 (UTC) FILETIME=[8A39EE10:01C69620] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.56 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.039, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.56 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:54:04 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:26:06 -0000 >The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. >This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the >free software desktop. > >We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our >bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for >quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are >increasingly interested and involved in free software development. > >With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve >established industry companies and projects. More informations on the >Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ > > >Vincent Thanks Vincent, It has been a pleasure working with the GNOME community as part of Intel's OSDL and LSB efforts, and I hope that being on the GNOME Advisory Board will create an even more productive working relationship between us and the GNOME community. As you have observed, coming from a KDE background, it has at times been a challenge for me to zero in on the right people in the GNOME community to engage on matters of mutual interest. Our participation in the Advisory Board should make that process far easier. Through OSDL and LSB, bridging the gaps between industry leading Linux desktop environments for the benefit of users and application developers has been an important goal for us. We very much appreciate the opportunity work more closely with the GNOME community to realize that goal. I look forward to meeting with all of you next week at GUADEC. Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman From dneary@free.fr Fri Jun 2 11:12:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1B3B0463 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02826-09 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp1.wanadoo.fr (smtp1.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.30]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F9A3B00C6 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.79.150] (LSt-Amand-152-32-18-62.w82-127.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.127.57.62]) by mwinf0101.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 118CB1C00239 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060602151228720.118CB1C00239@mwinf0101.orange.fr Message-ID: <4480555C.8070702@free.fr> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 From: Dave Neary User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.578 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.021, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.578 X-Spam-Level: Subject: Co-option of Quim Gil to the board X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:12:31 -0000 Hi, When Luis announced to the board that he wanted to resign [1] a couple of weeks ago, the board discussed our options - referendum or co-option. We felt that co-opting a new member onto the board, on the basis of the election results last December, was the best way to select the newest member of the board. Our decision was made easy by the fact that since the election, this person has gone on to become a heavyweight in the GNOME community in very short order. So without further ado, I'd like to announce that the board has decided to co-opt Quim Gil onto the board into the vacant position left by Luis Villa, effective immediately. We're all sorry to see Luis leave the board, but I have a feeling that this means we'll be hearing even more from him in the future. I'd like to wish him all the best in his budding legal career. Welcome on board, Quim. Cheers, Dave. [1] http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/06/01/resigning-from-the-board/ -- David Neary bolsh@gimp.org From anne@oestergaard.nu Mon Jun 5 15:58:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D323B03B1 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27053-07 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cicero1.cybercity.dk (cicero1.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.4]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0263B0129 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from user1.cybercity.dk (user1.cybercity.dk [212.242.41.34]) by cicero1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6257063EBDA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk (port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.116.232]) by user1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 3606374FECA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 27092 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 Received: from star.firstimpact.lan (192.168.1.7) by goofy.firstimpact.lan with SMTP; 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 From: Anne =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8stergaard?= To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:58:33 +0200 Message-Id: <1149537513.4447.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.532 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.067, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.532 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Temporaray enlargement of the GNOME Board with 2 persons X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:58:37 -0000 Hello all GNOME Foundation Members, About the size of the present board. The Board would like to propose to you a temporary enlargement of the board with two persons: Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño. Background: Not so long ago we had a Reducing Board Size Referendum "Should the board size be reduced from its current 11 directors to 7 directors?" The Referendum Results: 188 members voted for this referendum. The repartition of the votes is: yes (117 votes) no (70 votes) blank votes: 1 The board is at the moment of the opinion that a GNOME Board of 7 persons should normally work and be enough, provided that we have a staff person who can take part of the work load. Also at present a couple of the 7 board members have been given additional responsibilities at their ordinary work places and/or enlarged their family so they are pressed for time for "heavy" board work. Since the board has not yet hired anybody (we are in the process of doing so), the board would suggest to you that for the remaining of this year, we ask Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the board. They are both happy and willing to join the board, but under the condition that there is not severe objections from the GNOME Foundation Members. I think that I need not tell you, that the two candidates in question are highly respected for their long time great contributions to the GNOME project and the GNOME community spirit. Being responsible for having proposed this temporary compromise solution, I naturally hope for your blessings. Please react within 10 days if you have problems with enlarging the board by inviting Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the GNOME Board of Directors for the rest of 2006. Best wishes Anne PS Please follow the debate on foundation-list(at)gnome.org From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:39:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479043B0222 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31677-05 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66BC3B00DF for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19592 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:35:42 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863743.3733.0.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Required: Administrator for the Foundation X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:39:59 -0000 Hi, The GNOME Foundation is in need of a part-time administrator based in the USA. Our administrator will: 1. Collect, sort and summarise mail for the Board. 2. Handle bills in a timely manner. 3. Prepare checks for the Board to sign. 4. Track donations and fees. 5. Maintain a list of Board contacts. 6. Send out Friends of GNOME gifts to donors. 7. Keep the boards files in order, and sending expenses (when appropriate) to the accountant. 8. Handle the purchase and preparation of materials for tradeshows. 9. Attend board meetings bi-weekly as appropriate, and prepare status updates. 10. Be computer literate. Preferably Linux literate. 11. There is no number 11. Proximity to Boston, MA is very desirable, though not mandatory. Please send your CV/resume in plain text to board-list@gnome.org. Federico From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:42:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C103B0290 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31742-09 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E73E3B029F for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19596 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:38:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863897.3733.5.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Cc: Subject: Questions for deployments of GNOME X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:42:34 -0000 Are you a deployment of GNOME? Are you like the City of Largo, Florida, or like the districts of Extremadura and Andalucía in Spain, who have big installations of machines running GNOME? At the GNOME Foundation we are conducting a little, informal study of how we can make your lives easier. If you are in charge of the technical part of a GNOME deployment, we would greatly appreciate it if you could answer the questions here: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/news-2006-06.html#questions-for-deployments Please mail your replies to federico@gnu.org. A summary of the replies will be published during GUADEC this year. Thank you! Federico From federico@ximian.com Mon Jun 12 14:11:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DECF3B00E5 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23275-06 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24713B015B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:07:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 21703 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:02:10 -0500 Message-Id: <1150128130.17566.52.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:01:59 -0400 Cc: Subject: Minutes of the Board meeting, 2006/Jun/07 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:11:25 -0000 GNOME Foundation Board Meeting, 2006/06/07 ========================================== Attendance: Anne Dave Federico Jeff Jonathan Quim (welcome, Quim!) No attendance: Vincent (regrets) PREVIOUS ACTIONS ================ PUBLIC: * Dave to request a contract from Quim for GUADEC: IN PROGRESS. Quim is taking care of this. * Dave to resurrect German contract from last year so that we can use it for Axis Informática. IN PROGRESS. Needs to go to the lawyer. * Jeff to write a proposal for the technical project meeting: IN PROGRESS * Federico to send a draft job announcement to board-list for the executive director and the administrator: NOT DONE * Federico to write an agenda for the next Advisory Board meeting, to take place on May 31st. DONE, the meeting happened. * JRB to send an update on what hardware has been bought for the event box: IN PROGRESS. * JRB to mail board-list about invoicing Intel (hard disk crash): Quim to take this action. * Quim to contact HP and Novell about sponsorship for GUADEC. DONE - both sponsoring * Federico to mail Quim/Behdad/Germán about replacing Luis. DONE NEW ACTIONS =========== * Federico to send minutes from the Advisory Board meeting to advisory-board-list. * JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. * Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. * Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Jeff to ensure that all the board members are in the marketing-private and board-only lists. * Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. * Anne to to take over contacts with GNOME's legal partners. AGENDA ====== * Welcome Quim to the Board: - Gave Quim a brief update on what the Board has been doing. - Quim told us that he has been reading the board-list minutes but not the archives. * Figuring out how to execute all the pending actions, and not be swamped in pending stuff all the time: - NEW ACTION: JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. - We are going to need a presence in the USA no matter what, for legal matters in the Foundation. * Administrator hire / outsourcing: - NEW ACTION: Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. - We want to hire someone part-time immediately and will announce the vacancy and ask Zana to submit a candidature. * Increasing the board size: - Idea about letting people into board-list and into the phone calls, without them being board members. Then they can volunteer to do some of the tasks that the board can't do effectively (like someone in the USA to look for an administrator). - NEW ACTION: Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Agendas for GUADEC: - Let's send provisional agendas in advance. - NEW ACTION: Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. From behdad.esfahbod@gmail.com Thu Jun 15 17:38:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F24843B026F for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02027-06 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F673B00DD for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 37so427822wra for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.108.13 with SMTP id g13mr2187733wrc; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.190.5? ( [72.136.156.47]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 6sm1544376wrl.2006.06.15.14.38.10; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 From: Behdad Esfahbod To: gnome-hackers@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:06 -0400 Message-Id: <1150407487.29623.12.camel@home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 (2.6.1-1.fc5.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Behdad Esfahbod X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:29:22 -0400 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:38:52 -0000 GNOME to Sponsor Female Developers in a Summer Outreach Program BOSTON, Mass - June 13, 2006 - The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$9000 to female students in order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related development. The money originates from GNOME's participation in the Google "Summer of Code" program (code.google.com/soc/), for which GNOME developers will mentor 20 students working throughout the northern summer on GNOME-related projects. This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's program, yet none were from women. The GNOME Foundation has therefore chosen to reinvest Google's contribution into a new program designed to increase the participation of women in GNOME. The program has no official relationship with Google. "Free software prides itself on being open to anyone with a good idea, yet less than 2% of free software developers are female. We, as a community, need to be actively working to change this statistic, and programs like this one are a much needed step in the right direction." said Hanna Wallach, a GNOME developer who is involved in several projects that encourage women to participate in free software development. The Women's Summer Outreach Program is currently accepting applications from female students. Accepted students will receive a stipend of USD $3000 over a two month period. A pool of project ideas is provided at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/, though original proposals are also encouraged. Projects may either be related to GNOME directly, or indirectly via projects such as Gstreamer and Abiword. Each student will be assigned a mentor to provide guidance throughout the program. Vincent Untz, member of the GNOME Foundation board and coordinator of the GNOME team for Google's "Summer of Code" program, explained: "Many women have the skills required to contribute to Free Software projects like GNOME, but may not see an opportunity to start working with us. By initiating this program, not only do we want to highlight the issue, but we also hope that this opportunity will help more women to get involved in the long term." Applications should be submitted using the form at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/. More information about the application process may be found at the same location. From vuntz@gnome.org Thu Jun 22 11:20:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7440A3B0689; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05338-02; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fennas.vuntz.net (fennas.vuntz.net [82.228.182.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C25A13B0495; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by fennas.vuntz.net (Postfix, from userid 33) id 6E19D112693; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 129.88.38.77 (SquirrelMail authenticated user vuntz) by vuntz.net with HTTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <50469.129.88.38.77.1150989656.squirrel@vuntz.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board From: "Vincent Untz" To: foundation-announce@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.561 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.038, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.561 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:22:46 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:20:59 -0000 The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the free software desktop. We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are increasingly interested and involved in free software development. With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve established industry companies and projects. More informations on the Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. From waldo.bastian@intel.com Thu Jun 22 13:26:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAE43B0785; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13095-04; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9093B0731; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:25:59 -0700 Received: from orsmsx335.jf.intel.com (HELO orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com) ([10.22.226.40]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:23:13 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,166,1149490800"; d="scan'208"; a="56897970:sNHT90202169617" Received: from orsmsx409.amr.corp.intel.com ([192.168.65.58]) by orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:12 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:11 -0700 Message-ID: <8AEB79DC01BE994D8DE3FD02FA5B475B03DFAAAE@orsmsx409> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board thread-index: AcaWD46K6AKg5uJfSieruaiGax8vKQAAhTNA From: "Bastian, Waldo" To: "Vincent Untz" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2006 17:23:12.0881 (UTC) FILETIME=[8A39EE10:01C69620] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.56 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.039, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.56 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:54:04 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:26:06 -0000 >The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. >This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the >free software desktop. > >We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our >bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for >quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are >increasingly interested and involved in free software development. > >With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve >established industry companies and projects. More informations on the >Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ > > >Vincent Thanks Vincent, It has been a pleasure working with the GNOME community as part of Intel's OSDL and LSB efforts, and I hope that being on the GNOME Advisory Board will create an even more productive working relationship between us and the GNOME community. As you have observed, coming from a KDE background, it has at times been a challenge for me to zero in on the right people in the GNOME community to engage on matters of mutual interest. Our participation in the Advisory Board should make that process far easier. Through OSDL and LSB, bridging the gaps between industry leading Linux desktop environments for the benefit of users and application developers has been an important goal for us. We very much appreciate the opportunity work more closely with the GNOME community to realize that goal. I look forward to meeting with all of you next week at GUADEC. Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman From cjb@mrao.cam.ac.uk Fri Jun 30 10:57:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3683C3B013B; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26976-04; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk (mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk [131.111.48.8]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4BBD3B013F; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.158] ident=mail) by mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FwKQb-0001M9-M7; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:05 +0100 Received: from islay.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.119]) by skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1FwKQb-0006Vd-00; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:05 +0100 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 Update. From: Chris Ball Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:04 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Social Property, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.563 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.036, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.563 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:27:36 -0400 Cc: gnome-announce-list@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:57:08 -0000 Dear all, We're thrilled to announce that Google is donating funds to double the number of available projects for the WSOP[1] from three to six, due to the project getting a huge response from interested women. We'll be announcing the six accepted projects tomorrow. Many thanks to Google! - Chris. [1]: http://www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/ -- Chris Ball From dneary@free.fr Fri Jun 2 11:12:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1B3B0463 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02826-09 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp1.wanadoo.fr (smtp1.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.30]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F9A3B00C6 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.79.150] (LSt-Amand-152-32-18-62.w82-127.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.127.57.62]) by mwinf0101.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 118CB1C00239 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060602151228720.118CB1C00239@mwinf0101.orange.fr Message-ID: <4480555C.8070702@free.fr> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 From: Dave Neary User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.578 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.021, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.578 X-Spam-Level: Subject: Co-option of Quim Gil to the board X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:12:31 -0000 Hi, When Luis announced to the board that he wanted to resign [1] a couple of weeks ago, the board discussed our options - referendum or co-option. We felt that co-opting a new member onto the board, on the basis of the election results last December, was the best way to select the newest member of the board. Our decision was made easy by the fact that since the election, this person has gone on to become a heavyweight in the GNOME community in very short order. So without further ado, I'd like to announce that the board has decided to co-opt Quim Gil onto the board into the vacant position left by Luis Villa, effective immediately. We're all sorry to see Luis leave the board, but I have a feeling that this means we'll be hearing even more from him in the future. I'd like to wish him all the best in his budding legal career. Welcome on board, Quim. Cheers, Dave. [1] http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/06/01/resigning-from-the-board/ -- David Neary bolsh@gimp.org From anne@oestergaard.nu Mon Jun 5 15:58:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D323B03B1 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27053-07 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cicero1.cybercity.dk (cicero1.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.4]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0263B0129 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from user1.cybercity.dk (user1.cybercity.dk [212.242.41.34]) by cicero1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6257063EBDA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk (port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.116.232]) by user1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 3606374FECA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 27092 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 Received: from star.firstimpact.lan (192.168.1.7) by goofy.firstimpact.lan with SMTP; 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 From: Anne =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8stergaard?= To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:58:33 +0200 Message-Id: <1149537513.4447.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.532 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.067, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.532 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Temporaray enlargement of the GNOME Board with 2 persons X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:58:37 -0000 Hello all GNOME Foundation Members, About the size of the present board. The Board would like to propose to you a temporary enlargement of the board with two persons: Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño. Background: Not so long ago we had a Reducing Board Size Referendum "Should the board size be reduced from its current 11 directors to 7 directors?" The Referendum Results: 188 members voted for this referendum. The repartition of the votes is: yes (117 votes) no (70 votes) blank votes: 1 The board is at the moment of the opinion that a GNOME Board of 7 persons should normally work and be enough, provided that we have a staff person who can take part of the work load. Also at present a couple of the 7 board members have been given additional responsibilities at their ordinary work places and/or enlarged their family so they are pressed for time for "heavy" board work. Since the board has not yet hired anybody (we are in the process of doing so), the board would suggest to you that for the remaining of this year, we ask Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the board. They are both happy and willing to join the board, but under the condition that there is not severe objections from the GNOME Foundation Members. I think that I need not tell you, that the two candidates in question are highly respected for their long time great contributions to the GNOME project and the GNOME community spirit. Being responsible for having proposed this temporary compromise solution, I naturally hope for your blessings. Please react within 10 days if you have problems with enlarging the board by inviting Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the GNOME Board of Directors for the rest of 2006. Best wishes Anne PS Please follow the debate on foundation-list(at)gnome.org From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:39:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479043B0222 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31677-05 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66BC3B00DF for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19592 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:35:42 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863743.3733.0.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Required: Administrator for the Foundation X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:39:59 -0000 Hi, The GNOME Foundation is in need of a part-time administrator based in the USA. Our administrator will: 1. Collect, sort and summarise mail for the Board. 2. Handle bills in a timely manner. 3. Prepare checks for the Board to sign. 4. Track donations and fees. 5. Maintain a list of Board contacts. 6. Send out Friends of GNOME gifts to donors. 7. Keep the boards files in order, and sending expenses (when appropriate) to the accountant. 8. Handle the purchase and preparation of materials for tradeshows. 9. Attend board meetings bi-weekly as appropriate, and prepare status updates. 10. Be computer literate. Preferably Linux literate. 11. There is no number 11. Proximity to Boston, MA is very desirable, though not mandatory. Please send your CV/resume in plain text to board-list@gnome.org. Federico From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:42:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C103B0290 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31742-09 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E73E3B029F for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19596 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:38:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863897.3733.5.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Cc: Subject: Questions for deployments of GNOME X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:42:34 -0000 Are you a deployment of GNOME? Are you like the City of Largo, Florida, or like the districts of Extremadura and Andalucía in Spain, who have big installations of machines running GNOME? At the GNOME Foundation we are conducting a little, informal study of how we can make your lives easier. If you are in charge of the technical part of a GNOME deployment, we would greatly appreciate it if you could answer the questions here: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/news-2006-06.html#questions-for-deployments Please mail your replies to federico@gnu.org. A summary of the replies will be published during GUADEC this year. Thank you! Federico From federico@ximian.com Mon Jun 12 14:11:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DECF3B00E5 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23275-06 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24713B015B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:07:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 21703 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:02:10 -0500 Message-Id: <1150128130.17566.52.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:01:59 -0400 Cc: Subject: Minutes of the Board meeting, 2006/Jun/07 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:11:25 -0000 GNOME Foundation Board Meeting, 2006/06/07 ========================================== Attendance: Anne Dave Federico Jeff Jonathan Quim (welcome, Quim!) No attendance: Vincent (regrets) PREVIOUS ACTIONS ================ PUBLIC: * Dave to request a contract from Quim for GUADEC: IN PROGRESS. Quim is taking care of this. * Dave to resurrect German contract from last year so that we can use it for Axis Informática. IN PROGRESS. Needs to go to the lawyer. * Jeff to write a proposal for the technical project meeting: IN PROGRESS * Federico to send a draft job announcement to board-list for the executive director and the administrator: NOT DONE * Federico to write an agenda for the next Advisory Board meeting, to take place on May 31st. DONE, the meeting happened. * JRB to send an update on what hardware has been bought for the event box: IN PROGRESS. * JRB to mail board-list about invoicing Intel (hard disk crash): Quim to take this action. * Quim to contact HP and Novell about sponsorship for GUADEC. DONE - both sponsoring * Federico to mail Quim/Behdad/Germán about replacing Luis. DONE NEW ACTIONS =========== * Federico to send minutes from the Advisory Board meeting to advisory-board-list. * JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. * Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. * Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Jeff to ensure that all the board members are in the marketing-private and board-only lists. * Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. * Anne to to take over contacts with GNOME's legal partners. AGENDA ====== * Welcome Quim to the Board: - Gave Quim a brief update on what the Board has been doing. - Quim told us that he has been reading the board-list minutes but not the archives. * Figuring out how to execute all the pending actions, and not be swamped in pending stuff all the time: - NEW ACTION: JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. - We are going to need a presence in the USA no matter what, for legal matters in the Foundation. * Administrator hire / outsourcing: - NEW ACTION: Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. - We want to hire someone part-time immediately and will announce the vacancy and ask Zana to submit a candidature. * Increasing the board size: - Idea about letting people into board-list and into the phone calls, without them being board members. Then they can volunteer to do some of the tasks that the board can't do effectively (like someone in the USA to look for an administrator). - NEW ACTION: Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Agendas for GUADEC: - Let's send provisional agendas in advance. - NEW ACTION: Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. From behdad.esfahbod@gmail.com Thu Jun 15 17:38:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F24843B026F for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02027-06 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F673B00DD for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 37so427822wra for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.108.13 with SMTP id g13mr2187733wrc; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.190.5? ( [72.136.156.47]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 6sm1544376wrl.2006.06.15.14.38.10; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 From: Behdad Esfahbod To: gnome-hackers@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:06 -0400 Message-Id: <1150407487.29623.12.camel@home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 (2.6.1-1.fc5.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Behdad Esfahbod X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:29:22 -0400 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:38:52 -0000 GNOME to Sponsor Female Developers in a Summer Outreach Program BOSTON, Mass - June 13, 2006 - The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$9000 to female students in order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related development. The money originates from GNOME's participation in the Google "Summer of Code" program (code.google.com/soc/), for which GNOME developers will mentor 20 students working throughout the northern summer on GNOME-related projects. This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's program, yet none were from women. The GNOME Foundation has therefore chosen to reinvest Google's contribution into a new program designed to increase the participation of women in GNOME. The program has no official relationship with Google. "Free software prides itself on being open to anyone with a good idea, yet less than 2% of free software developers are female. We, as a community, need to be actively working to change this statistic, and programs like this one are a much needed step in the right direction." said Hanna Wallach, a GNOME developer who is involved in several projects that encourage women to participate in free software development. The Women's Summer Outreach Program is currently accepting applications from female students. Accepted students will receive a stipend of USD $3000 over a two month period. A pool of project ideas is provided at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/, though original proposals are also encouraged. Projects may either be related to GNOME directly, or indirectly via projects such as Gstreamer and Abiword. Each student will be assigned a mentor to provide guidance throughout the program. Vincent Untz, member of the GNOME Foundation board and coordinator of the GNOME team for Google's "Summer of Code" program, explained: "Many women have the skills required to contribute to Free Software projects like GNOME, but may not see an opportunity to start working with us. By initiating this program, not only do we want to highlight the issue, but we also hope that this opportunity will help more women to get involved in the long term." Applications should be submitted using the form at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/. More information about the application process may be found at the same location. From vuntz@gnome.org Thu Jun 22 11:20:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7440A3B0689; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05338-02; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fennas.vuntz.net (fennas.vuntz.net [82.228.182.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C25A13B0495; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by fennas.vuntz.net (Postfix, from userid 33) id 6E19D112693; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 129.88.38.77 (SquirrelMail authenticated user vuntz) by vuntz.net with HTTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <50469.129.88.38.77.1150989656.squirrel@vuntz.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board From: "Vincent Untz" To: foundation-announce@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.561 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.038, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.561 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:22:46 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:20:59 -0000 The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the free software desktop. We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are increasingly interested and involved in free software development. With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve established industry companies and projects. More informations on the Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. From waldo.bastian@intel.com Thu Jun 22 13:26:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAE43B0785; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13095-04; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9093B0731; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:25:59 -0700 Received: from orsmsx335.jf.intel.com (HELO orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com) ([10.22.226.40]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:23:13 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,166,1149490800"; d="scan'208"; a="56897970:sNHT90202169617" Received: from orsmsx409.amr.corp.intel.com ([192.168.65.58]) by orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:12 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:11 -0700 Message-ID: <8AEB79DC01BE994D8DE3FD02FA5B475B03DFAAAE@orsmsx409> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board thread-index: AcaWD46K6AKg5uJfSieruaiGax8vKQAAhTNA From: "Bastian, Waldo" To: "Vincent Untz" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2006 17:23:12.0881 (UTC) FILETIME=[8A39EE10:01C69620] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.56 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.039, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.56 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:54:04 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:26:06 -0000 >The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. >This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the >free software desktop. > >We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our >bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for >quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are >increasingly interested and involved in free software development. > >With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve >established industry companies and projects. More informations on the >Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ > > >Vincent Thanks Vincent, It has been a pleasure working with the GNOME community as part of Intel's OSDL and LSB efforts, and I hope that being on the GNOME Advisory Board will create an even more productive working relationship between us and the GNOME community. As you have observed, coming from a KDE background, it has at times been a challenge for me to zero in on the right people in the GNOME community to engage on matters of mutual interest. Our participation in the Advisory Board should make that process far easier. Through OSDL and LSB, bridging the gaps between industry leading Linux desktop environments for the benefit of users and application developers has been an important goal for us. We very much appreciate the opportunity work more closely with the GNOME community to realize that goal. I look forward to meeting with all of you next week at GUADEC. Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman From cjb@mrao.cam.ac.uk Fri Jun 30 10:57:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3683C3B013B; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26976-04; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk (mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk [131.111.48.8]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4BBD3B013F; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.158] ident=mail) by mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FwKQb-0001M9-M7; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:05 +0100 Received: from islay.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.119]) by skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1FwKQb-0006Vd-00; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:05 +0100 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 Update. From: Chris Ball Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:04 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Social Property, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.563 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.036, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.563 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:27:36 -0400 Cc: gnome-announce-list@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:57:08 -0000 Dear all, We're thrilled to announce that Google is donating funds to double the number of available projects for the WSOP[1] from three to six, due to the project getting a huge response from interested women. We'll be announcing the six accepted projects tomorrow. Many thanks to Google! - Chris. [1]: http://www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/ -- Chris Ball From dneary@free.fr Fri Jun 2 11:12:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1B3B0463 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02826-09 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp1.wanadoo.fr (smtp1.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.30]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F9A3B00C6 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.79.150] (LSt-Amand-152-32-18-62.w82-127.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.127.57.62]) by mwinf0101.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 118CB1C00239 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060602151228720.118CB1C00239@mwinf0101.orange.fr Message-ID: <4480555C.8070702@free.fr> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 From: Dave Neary User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.578 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.021, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.578 X-Spam-Level: Subject: Co-option of Quim Gil to the board X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:12:31 -0000 Hi, When Luis announced to the board that he wanted to resign [1] a couple of weeks ago, the board discussed our options - referendum or co-option. We felt that co-opting a new member onto the board, on the basis of the election results last December, was the best way to select the newest member of the board. Our decision was made easy by the fact that since the election, this person has gone on to become a heavyweight in the GNOME community in very short order. So without further ado, I'd like to announce that the board has decided to co-opt Quim Gil onto the board into the vacant position left by Luis Villa, effective immediately. We're all sorry to see Luis leave the board, but I have a feeling that this means we'll be hearing even more from him in the future. I'd like to wish him all the best in his budding legal career. Welcome on board, Quim. Cheers, Dave. [1] http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/06/01/resigning-from-the-board/ -- David Neary bolsh@gimp.org From anne@oestergaard.nu Mon Jun 5 15:58:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D323B03B1 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27053-07 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cicero1.cybercity.dk (cicero1.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.4]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0263B0129 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from user1.cybercity.dk (user1.cybercity.dk [212.242.41.34]) by cicero1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6257063EBDA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk (port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.116.232]) by user1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 3606374FECA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 27092 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 Received: from star.firstimpact.lan (192.168.1.7) by goofy.firstimpact.lan with SMTP; 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 From: Anne =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8stergaard?= To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:58:33 +0200 Message-Id: <1149537513.4447.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.532 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.067, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.532 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Temporaray enlargement of the GNOME Board with 2 persons X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:58:37 -0000 Hello all GNOME Foundation Members, About the size of the present board. The Board would like to propose to you a temporary enlargement of the board with two persons: Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño. Background: Not so long ago we had a Reducing Board Size Referendum "Should the board size be reduced from its current 11 directors to 7 directors?" The Referendum Results: 188 members voted for this referendum. The repartition of the votes is: yes (117 votes) no (70 votes) blank votes: 1 The board is at the moment of the opinion that a GNOME Board of 7 persons should normally work and be enough, provided that we have a staff person who can take part of the work load. Also at present a couple of the 7 board members have been given additional responsibilities at their ordinary work places and/or enlarged their family so they are pressed for time for "heavy" board work. Since the board has not yet hired anybody (we are in the process of doing so), the board would suggest to you that for the remaining of this year, we ask Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the board. They are both happy and willing to join the board, but under the condition that there is not severe objections from the GNOME Foundation Members. I think that I need not tell you, that the two candidates in question are highly respected for their long time great contributions to the GNOME project and the GNOME community spirit. Being responsible for having proposed this temporary compromise solution, I naturally hope for your blessings. Please react within 10 days if you have problems with enlarging the board by inviting Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the GNOME Board of Directors for the rest of 2006. Best wishes Anne PS Please follow the debate on foundation-list(at)gnome.org From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:39:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479043B0222 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31677-05 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66BC3B00DF for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19592 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:35:42 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863743.3733.0.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Required: Administrator for the Foundation X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:39:59 -0000 Hi, The GNOME Foundation is in need of a part-time administrator based in the USA. Our administrator will: 1. Collect, sort and summarise mail for the Board. 2. Handle bills in a timely manner. 3. Prepare checks for the Board to sign. 4. Track donations and fees. 5. Maintain a list of Board contacts. 6. Send out Friends of GNOME gifts to donors. 7. Keep the boards files in order, and sending expenses (when appropriate) to the accountant. 8. Handle the purchase and preparation of materials for tradeshows. 9. Attend board meetings bi-weekly as appropriate, and prepare status updates. 10. Be computer literate. Preferably Linux literate. 11. There is no number 11. Proximity to Boston, MA is very desirable, though not mandatory. Please send your CV/resume in plain text to board-list@gnome.org. Federico From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:42:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C103B0290 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31742-09 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E73E3B029F for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19596 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:38:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863897.3733.5.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Cc: Subject: Questions for deployments of GNOME X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:42:34 -0000 Are you a deployment of GNOME? Are you like the City of Largo, Florida, or like the districts of Extremadura and Andalucía in Spain, who have big installations of machines running GNOME? At the GNOME Foundation we are conducting a little, informal study of how we can make your lives easier. If you are in charge of the technical part of a GNOME deployment, we would greatly appreciate it if you could answer the questions here: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/news-2006-06.html#questions-for-deployments Please mail your replies to federico@gnu.org. A summary of the replies will be published during GUADEC this year. Thank you! Federico From federico@ximian.com Mon Jun 12 14:11:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DECF3B00E5 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23275-06 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24713B015B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:07:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 21703 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:02:10 -0500 Message-Id: <1150128130.17566.52.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:01:59 -0400 Cc: Subject: Minutes of the Board meeting, 2006/Jun/07 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:11:25 -0000 GNOME Foundation Board Meeting, 2006/06/07 ========================================== Attendance: Anne Dave Federico Jeff Jonathan Quim (welcome, Quim!) No attendance: Vincent (regrets) PREVIOUS ACTIONS ================ PUBLIC: * Dave to request a contract from Quim for GUADEC: IN PROGRESS. Quim is taking care of this. * Dave to resurrect German contract from last year so that we can use it for Axis Informática. IN PROGRESS. Needs to go to the lawyer. * Jeff to write a proposal for the technical project meeting: IN PROGRESS * Federico to send a draft job announcement to board-list for the executive director and the administrator: NOT DONE * Federico to write an agenda for the next Advisory Board meeting, to take place on May 31st. DONE, the meeting happened. * JRB to send an update on what hardware has been bought for the event box: IN PROGRESS. * JRB to mail board-list about invoicing Intel (hard disk crash): Quim to take this action. * Quim to contact HP and Novell about sponsorship for GUADEC. DONE - both sponsoring * Federico to mail Quim/Behdad/Germán about replacing Luis. DONE NEW ACTIONS =========== * Federico to send minutes from the Advisory Board meeting to advisory-board-list. * JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. * Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. * Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Jeff to ensure that all the board members are in the marketing-private and board-only lists. * Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. * Anne to to take over contacts with GNOME's legal partners. AGENDA ====== * Welcome Quim to the Board: - Gave Quim a brief update on what the Board has been doing. - Quim told us that he has been reading the board-list minutes but not the archives. * Figuring out how to execute all the pending actions, and not be swamped in pending stuff all the time: - NEW ACTION: JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. - We are going to need a presence in the USA no matter what, for legal matters in the Foundation. * Administrator hire / outsourcing: - NEW ACTION: Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. - We want to hire someone part-time immediately and will announce the vacancy and ask Zana to submit a candidature. * Increasing the board size: - Idea about letting people into board-list and into the phone calls, without them being board members. Then they can volunteer to do some of the tasks that the board can't do effectively (like someone in the USA to look for an administrator). - NEW ACTION: Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Agendas for GUADEC: - Let's send provisional agendas in advance. - NEW ACTION: Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. From behdad.esfahbod@gmail.com Thu Jun 15 17:38:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F24843B026F for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02027-06 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F673B00DD for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 37so427822wra for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.108.13 with SMTP id g13mr2187733wrc; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.190.5? ( [72.136.156.47]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 6sm1544376wrl.2006.06.15.14.38.10; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 From: Behdad Esfahbod To: gnome-hackers@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:06 -0400 Message-Id: <1150407487.29623.12.camel@home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 (2.6.1-1.fc5.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Behdad Esfahbod X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:29:22 -0400 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:38:52 -0000 GNOME to Sponsor Female Developers in a Summer Outreach Program BOSTON, Mass - June 13, 2006 - The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$9000 to female students in order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related development. The money originates from GNOME's participation in the Google "Summer of Code" program (code.google.com/soc/), for which GNOME developers will mentor 20 students working throughout the northern summer on GNOME-related projects. This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's program, yet none were from women. The GNOME Foundation has therefore chosen to reinvest Google's contribution into a new program designed to increase the participation of women in GNOME. The program has no official relationship with Google. "Free software prides itself on being open to anyone with a good idea, yet less than 2% of free software developers are female. We, as a community, need to be actively working to change this statistic, and programs like this one are a much needed step in the right direction." said Hanna Wallach, a GNOME developer who is involved in several projects that encourage women to participate in free software development. The Women's Summer Outreach Program is currently accepting applications from female students. Accepted students will receive a stipend of USD $3000 over a two month period. A pool of project ideas is provided at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/, though original proposals are also encouraged. Projects may either be related to GNOME directly, or indirectly via projects such as Gstreamer and Abiword. Each student will be assigned a mentor to provide guidance throughout the program. Vincent Untz, member of the GNOME Foundation board and coordinator of the GNOME team for Google's "Summer of Code" program, explained: "Many women have the skills required to contribute to Free Software projects like GNOME, but may not see an opportunity to start working with us. By initiating this program, not only do we want to highlight the issue, but we also hope that this opportunity will help more women to get involved in the long term." Applications should be submitted using the form at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/. More information about the application process may be found at the same location. From vuntz@gnome.org Thu Jun 22 11:20:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7440A3B0689; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05338-02; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fennas.vuntz.net (fennas.vuntz.net [82.228.182.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C25A13B0495; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by fennas.vuntz.net (Postfix, from userid 33) id 6E19D112693; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 129.88.38.77 (SquirrelMail authenticated user vuntz) by vuntz.net with HTTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <50469.129.88.38.77.1150989656.squirrel@vuntz.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board From: "Vincent Untz" To: foundation-announce@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.561 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.038, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.561 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:22:46 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:20:59 -0000 The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the free software desktop. We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are increasingly interested and involved in free software development. With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve established industry companies and projects. More informations on the Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. From waldo.bastian@intel.com Thu Jun 22 13:26:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAE43B0785; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13095-04; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9093B0731; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:25:59 -0700 Received: from orsmsx335.jf.intel.com (HELO orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com) ([10.22.226.40]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:23:13 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,166,1149490800"; d="scan'208"; a="56897970:sNHT90202169617" Received: from orsmsx409.amr.corp.intel.com ([192.168.65.58]) by orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:12 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:11 -0700 Message-ID: <8AEB79DC01BE994D8DE3FD02FA5B475B03DFAAAE@orsmsx409> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board thread-index: AcaWD46K6AKg5uJfSieruaiGax8vKQAAhTNA From: "Bastian, Waldo" To: "Vincent Untz" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2006 17:23:12.0881 (UTC) FILETIME=[8A39EE10:01C69620] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.56 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.039, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.56 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:54:04 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:26:06 -0000 >The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. >This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the >free software desktop. > >We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our >bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for >quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are >increasingly interested and involved in free software development. > >With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve >established industry companies and projects. More informations on the >Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ > > >Vincent Thanks Vincent, It has been a pleasure working with the GNOME community as part of Intel's OSDL and LSB efforts, and I hope that being on the GNOME Advisory Board will create an even more productive working relationship between us and the GNOME community. As you have observed, coming from a KDE background, it has at times been a challenge for me to zero in on the right people in the GNOME community to engage on matters of mutual interest. Our participation in the Advisory Board should make that process far easier. Through OSDL and LSB, bridging the gaps between industry leading Linux desktop environments for the benefit of users and application developers has been an important goal for us. We very much appreciate the opportunity work more closely with the GNOME community to realize that goal. I look forward to meeting with all of you next week at GUADEC. Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman From dneary@free.fr Fri Jun 2 11:12:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1B3B0463 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02826-09 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp1.wanadoo.fr (smtp1.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.30]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F9A3B00C6 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:12:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.79.150] (LSt-Amand-152-32-18-62.w82-127.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.127.57.62]) by mwinf0101.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 118CB1C00239 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060602151228720.118CB1C00239@mwinf0101.orange.fr Message-ID: <4480555C.8070702@free.fr> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:12:28 +0200 From: Dave Neary User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.578 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.021, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.578 X-Spam-Level: Subject: Co-option of Quim Gil to the board X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:12:31 -0000 Hi, When Luis announced to the board that he wanted to resign [1] a couple of weeks ago, the board discussed our options - referendum or co-option. We felt that co-opting a new member onto the board, on the basis of the election results last December, was the best way to select the newest member of the board. Our decision was made easy by the fact that since the election, this person has gone on to become a heavyweight in the GNOME community in very short order. So without further ado, I'd like to announce that the board has decided to co-opt Quim Gil onto the board into the vacant position left by Luis Villa, effective immediately. We're all sorry to see Luis leave the board, but I have a feeling that this means we'll be hearing even more from him in the future. I'd like to wish him all the best in his budding legal career. Welcome on board, Quim. Cheers, Dave. [1] http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/06/01/resigning-from-the-board/ -- David Neary bolsh@gimp.org From anne@oestergaard.nu Mon Jun 5 15:58:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D323B03B1 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27053-07 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cicero1.cybercity.dk (cicero1.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.4]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0263B0129 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:58:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from user1.cybercity.dk (user1.cybercity.dk [212.242.41.34]) by cicero1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6257063EBDA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: from port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk (port287.ds1-oebr.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.116.232]) by user1.cybercity.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 3606374FECA for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 21:58:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 27092 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 Received: from star.firstimpact.lan (192.168.1.7) by goofy.firstimpact.lan with SMTP; 5 Jun 2006 19:58:34 -0000 From: Anne =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D8stergaard?= To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:58:33 +0200 Message-Id: <1149537513.4447.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.532 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.067, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.532 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Temporaray enlargement of the GNOME Board with 2 persons X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:58:37 -0000 Hello all GNOME Foundation Members, About the size of the present board. The Board would like to propose to you a temporary enlargement of the board with two persons: Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño. Background: Not so long ago we had a Reducing Board Size Referendum "Should the board size be reduced from its current 11 directors to 7 directors?" The Referendum Results: 188 members voted for this referendum. The repartition of the votes is: yes (117 votes) no (70 votes) blank votes: 1 The board is at the moment of the opinion that a GNOME Board of 7 persons should normally work and be enough, provided that we have a staff person who can take part of the work load. Also at present a couple of the 7 board members have been given additional responsibilities at their ordinary work places and/or enlarged their family so they are pressed for time for "heavy" board work. Since the board has not yet hired anybody (we are in the process of doing so), the board would suggest to you that for the remaining of this year, we ask Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the board. They are both happy and willing to join the board, but under the condition that there is not severe objections from the GNOME Foundation Members. I think that I need not tell you, that the two candidates in question are highly respected for their long time great contributions to the GNOME project and the GNOME community spirit. Being responsible for having proposed this temporary compromise solution, I naturally hope for your blessings. Please react within 10 days if you have problems with enlarging the board by inviting Behdad Esfahbod and Germán Poó-Caamaño to join the GNOME Board of Directors for the rest of 2006. Best wishes Anne PS Please follow the debate on foundation-list(at)gnome.org From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:39:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479043B0222 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31677-05 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66BC3B00DF for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:39:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19592 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:39:55 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:35:42 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863743.3733.0.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Subject: Required: Administrator for the Foundation X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:39:59 -0000 Hi, The GNOME Foundation is in need of a part-time administrator based in the USA. Our administrator will: 1. Collect, sort and summarise mail for the Board. 2. Handle bills in a timely manner. 3. Prepare checks for the Board to sign. 4. Track donations and fees. 5. Maintain a list of Board contacts. 6. Send out Friends of GNOME gifts to donors. 7. Keep the boards files in order, and sending expenses (when appropriate) to the accountant. 8. Handle the purchase and preparation of materials for tradeshows. 9. Attend board meetings bi-weekly as appropriate, and prepare status updates. 10. Be computer literate. Preferably Linux literate. 11. There is no number 11. Proximity to Boston, MA is very desirable, though not mandatory. Please send your CV/resume in plain text to board-list@gnome.org. Federico From federico@ximian.com Fri Jun 9 10:42:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C103B0290 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31742-09 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E73E3B029F for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 19596 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO 164-99-120-73.boston.ximian.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 9 Jun 2006 14:42:29 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:38:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1149863897.3733.5.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:17:51 -0400 Cc: Subject: Questions for deployments of GNOME X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:42:34 -0000 Are you a deployment of GNOME? Are you like the City of Largo, Florida, or like the districts of Extremadura and Andalucía in Spain, who have big installations of machines running GNOME? At the GNOME Foundation we are conducting a little, informal study of how we can make your lives easier. If you are in charge of the technical part of a GNOME deployment, we would greatly appreciate it if you could answer the questions here: http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/news-2006-06.html#questions-for-deployments Please mail your replies to federico@gnu.org. A summary of the replies will be published during GUADEC this year. Thank you! Federico From federico@ximian.com Mon Jun 12 14:11:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DECF3B00E5 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23275-06 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:11:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from peabody.ximian.com (peabody.ximian.com [130.57.169.10]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24713B015B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:07:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 21703 invoked from network); 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jun 2006 16:06:26 -0000 From: Federico Mena Quintero To: foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:02:10 -0500 Message-Id: <1150128130.17566.52.camel@cacharro.xalalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.574 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.025, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.574 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:01:59 -0400 Cc: Subject: Minutes of the Board meeting, 2006/Jun/07 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:11:25 -0000 GNOME Foundation Board Meeting, 2006/06/07 ========================================== Attendance: Anne Dave Federico Jeff Jonathan Quim (welcome, Quim!) No attendance: Vincent (regrets) PREVIOUS ACTIONS ================ PUBLIC: * Dave to request a contract from Quim for GUADEC: IN PROGRESS. Quim is taking care of this. * Dave to resurrect German contract from last year so that we can use it for Axis Informática. IN PROGRESS. Needs to go to the lawyer. * Jeff to write a proposal for the technical project meeting: IN PROGRESS * Federico to send a draft job announcement to board-list for the executive director and the administrator: NOT DONE * Federico to write an agenda for the next Advisory Board meeting, to take place on May 31st. DONE, the meeting happened. * JRB to send an update on what hardware has been bought for the event box: IN PROGRESS. * JRB to mail board-list about invoicing Intel (hard disk crash): Quim to take this action. * Quim to contact HP and Novell about sponsorship for GUADEC. DONE - both sponsoring * Federico to mail Quim/Behdad/Germán about replacing Luis. DONE NEW ACTIONS =========== * Federico to send minutes from the Advisory Board meeting to advisory-board-list. * JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. * Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. * Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Jeff to ensure that all the board members are in the marketing-private and board-only lists. * Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. * Anne to to take over contacts with GNOME's legal partners. AGENDA ====== * Welcome Quim to the Board: - Gave Quim a brief update on what the Board has been doing. - Quim told us that he has been reading the board-list minutes but not the archives. * Figuring out how to execute all the pending actions, and not be swamped in pending stuff all the time: - NEW ACTION: JRB to post the contact info for the lawyer / accountant to board-list and the wiki. - We are going to need a presence in the USA no matter what, for legal matters in the Foundation. * Administrator hire / outsourcing: - NEW ACTION: Federico to make the announcement for the part-time administrator. - We want to hire someone part-time immediately and will announce the vacancy and ask Zana to submit a candidature. * Increasing the board size: - Idea about letting people into board-list and into the phone calls, without them being board members. Then they can volunteer to do some of the tasks that the board can't do effectively (like someone in the USA to look for an administrator). - NEW ACTION: Jeff to write a proposal for the subcommittees. * Agendas for GUADEC: - Let's send provisional agendas in advance. - NEW ACTION: Dave to send draft agenda for the Advisory Board meeting, based on Federico's paper. From behdad.esfahbod@gmail.com Thu Jun 15 17:38:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F24843B026F for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02027-06 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F673B00DD for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 37so427822wra for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.108.13 with SMTP id g13mr2187733wrc; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.190.5? ( [72.136.156.47]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 6sm1544376wrl.2006.06.15.14.38.10; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 From: Behdad Esfahbod To: gnome-hackers@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org, foundation-announce@gnome.org, gnome-announce-list@gnome.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:38:06 -0400 Message-Id: <1150407487.29623.12.camel@home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 (2.6.1-1.fc5.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Behdad Esfahbod X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:29:22 -0400 X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:38:52 -0000 GNOME to Sponsor Female Developers in a Summer Outreach Program BOSTON, Mass - June 13, 2006 - The GNOME Foundation is offering USD$9000 to female students in order to promote the participation of women in GNOME-related development. The money originates from GNOME's participation in the Google "Summer of Code" program (code.google.com/soc/), for which GNOME developers will mentor 20 students working throughout the northern summer on GNOME-related projects. This year GNOME received 181 applications to Google's program, yet none were from women. The GNOME Foundation has therefore chosen to reinvest Google's contribution into a new program designed to increase the participation of women in GNOME. The program has no official relationship with Google. "Free software prides itself on being open to anyone with a good idea, yet less than 2% of free software developers are female. We, as a community, need to be actively working to change this statistic, and programs like this one are a much needed step in the right direction." said Hanna Wallach, a GNOME developer who is involved in several projects that encourage women to participate in free software development. The Women's Summer Outreach Program is currently accepting applications from female students. Accepted students will receive a stipend of USD $3000 over a two month period. A pool of project ideas is provided at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/, though original proposals are also encouraged. Projects may either be related to GNOME directly, or indirectly via projects such as Gstreamer and Abiword. Each student will be assigned a mentor to provide guidance throughout the program. Vincent Untz, member of the GNOME Foundation board and coordinator of the GNOME team for Google's "Summer of Code" program, explained: "Many women have the skills required to contribute to Free Software projects like GNOME, but may not see an opportunity to start working with us. By initiating this program, not only do we want to highlight the issue, but we also hope that this opportunity will help more women to get involved in the long term." Applications should be submitted using the form at www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/. More information about the application process may be found at the same location. From vuntz@gnome.org Thu Jun 22 11:20:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7440A3B0689; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 05338-02; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fennas.vuntz.net (fennas.vuntz.net [82.228.182.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C25A13B0495; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:20:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: by fennas.vuntz.net (Postfix, from userid 33) id 6E19D112693; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 129.88.38.77 (SquirrelMail authenticated user vuntz) by vuntz.net with HTTP; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <50469.129.88.38.77.1150989656.squirrel@vuntz.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:20:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board From: "Vincent Untz" To: foundation-announce@gnome.org, foundation-list@gnome.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.561 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.038, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.561 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:22:46 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:20:59 -0000 The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the free software desktop. We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are increasingly interested and involved in free software development. With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve established industry companies and projects. More informations on the Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. From waldo.bastian@intel.com Thu Jun 22 13:26:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAE43B0785; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13095-04; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com (mga01.intel.com [192.55.52.88]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9093B0731; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:26:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga101-1.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:25:59 -0700 Received: from orsmsx335.jf.intel.com (HELO orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com) ([10.22.226.40]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Jun 2006 10:23:13 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,166,1149490800"; d="scan'208"; a="56897970:sNHT90202169617" Received: from orsmsx409.amr.corp.intel.com ([192.168.65.58]) by orsmsx335.amr.corp.intel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:12 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:11 -0700 Message-ID: <8AEB79DC01BE994D8DE3FD02FA5B475B03DFAAAE@orsmsx409> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Intel joins the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board thread-index: AcaWD46K6AKg5uJfSieruaiGax8vKQAAhTNA From: "Bastian, Waldo" To: "Vincent Untz" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2006 17:23:12.0881 (UTC) FILETIME=[8A39EE10:01C69620] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.56 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.039, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.56 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:54:04 -0400 Cc: advisory-board@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:26:06 -0000 >The GNOME Foundation is welcoming Intel as an Advisory Board member. >This is part of Intel's increasing commitment to GNOME and to the >free software desktop. > >We are delighted to have Intel on board: it will help us continue our >bet of combining the passion of the GNOME community with the need for >quality, stability and long term plans of big players who are >increasingly interested and involved in free software development. > >With Intel joining, the Advisory Board member now consists of twelve >established industry companies and projects. More informations on the >Foundation's Advisory Board is available at: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/about/ > > >Vincent Thanks Vincent, It has been a pleasure working with the GNOME community as part of Intel's OSDL and LSB efforts, and I hope that being on the GNOME Advisory Board will create an even more productive working relationship between us and the GNOME community. As you have observed, coming from a KDE background, it has at times been a challenge for me to zero in on the right people in the GNOME community to engage on matters of mutual interest. Our participation in the Advisory Board should make that process far easier. Through OSDL and LSB, bridging the gaps between industry leading Linux desktop environments for the benefit of users and application developers has been an important goal for us. We very much appreciate the opportunity work more closely with the GNOME community to realize that goal. I look forward to meeting with all of you next week at GUADEC. Waldo Bastian Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology Channel Platform Solutions Group Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman From cjb@mrao.cam.ac.uk Fri Jun 30 10:57:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Delivered-To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3683C3B013B; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from menubar.gnome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (menubar.gnome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26976-04; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk (mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk [131.111.48.8]) by menubar.gnome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4BBD3B013F; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:57:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.158] ident=mail) by mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FwKQb-0001M9-M7; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:05 +0100 Received: from islay.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.119]) by skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1FwKQb-0006Vd-00; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:05 +0100 To: foundation-announce@gnome.org Subject: Women's Summer Outreach Program 2006 Update. From: Chris Ball Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:57:04 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Social Property, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gnome.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.563 tagged_above=-999 required=2 tests=[AWL=0.036, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.563 X-Spam-Level: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:27:36 -0400 Cc: gnome-announce-list@gnome.org X-BeenThere: foundation-announce@gnome.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8 Precedence: list Reply-To: foundation-list@gnome.org List-Id: Official GNOME Foundation announcements List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:57:08 -0000 Dear all, We're thrilled to announce that Google is donating funds to double the number of available projects for the WSOP[1] from three to six, due to the project getting a huge response from interested women. We'll be announcing the six accepted projects tomorrow. Many thanks to Google! - Chris. [1]: http://www.gnome.org/projects/wsop/ -- Chris Ball